Closed-system pingo

Alternative definitions (2), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Closed-system pingo
Definition: A pingo formed by doming of frozen ground due to freezing of injected water supplied by expulsion of pore water during permafrost aggradation in the closed talik under a former water body.  NSIDCCryosphere 

A pingo formed by doming of frozen ground due to freezing of injected water supplied by expulsion of pore water during permafrost aggradation in the closed talik under a former water body  IPAPermafrost 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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