Closed-system pingo

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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.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by GCW Glossary
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