Pingos in Antarctica

John Pickard*

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Abstract

Pingos, or ice-cored mounds, are described for the first time from Antarctica and for the first time on ice-cored moraine. Seven pingos up to 4 m high and 12 m in diameter occur on former dering of lakes on the moraine exposes water-saturated sediments to freezing and consequent lake sediments on Flanders Moraine, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica (68°40'S 78°00'E). Lateral wandering formation of closed-system pingos. The pingos are probably only a few hundred years old. The apparent absence of pingo scars in the Southern Hemisphere may be due to lack of suitable substrates, rather than to unsuitable climatic conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-109
Number of pages5
JournalQuaternary Research
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1983
Externally publishedYes

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