A Pingo in the Mala River Valley, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Authors

  • George W. Scotter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2139

Keywords:

Pingos, River discharges, Mala River region, Nunavut

Abstract

A single pingo is located on an alluvial fan within the deeply incised Mala River valley of the Borden Peninsula, Baffin Island. Its formation appears to be related to the abandonment of the river channel due to the influx of alluvium from a tributary stream.

 

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Published

1985-01-01

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 3 (1985): September: 167–260

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