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Author : Fujino, K.; Horiguchi, K.; Shinbori, M.; and Kato, K.
Date : 1983
Title : Analysis and characteristics of cores from a massive ice body in MacKenzie Delta, N.W.T., Canada
Publication : Permafrost, Fourth International Conference Proceedings. Washington, D.C.; National Academy Press
Issue : 1:
Page(s) : 316-321
Abstract
Distinctive ground features such as polygons, pingos and involuted hills are commonly observed in the arctic regions. Their origins and formation processes remain in question. A massive ice body at Tuktoyaktuk was analyzed to determine its origin. Stratigraphic studies of fabrics, chemical components such as Oxygen isotopes, conductivity and pH of core samples of the massive ice body, were investigated. The results obtained suggest that most parts of the massive ice body originate from super-imposed ice by congelation of water in which a snow pack is submerged, and do not support the hypothesis that it is segregated ice. The mechanism of the growth of a massive ice body is also not identical to that of the growth of a pingo in which segregated ice constitutes the core.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology