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Un pingo en système fermé dans des dolomies paléozoïques de l'arctique canadien

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  • Denis A. St‐Onge
  • Albert Pissart

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Si quelques pingos en système ouvert ont été observés dans des formations de roches dures de régions à pergélisol continu, un seul pingo en système fermé soulevant des roches consolidées paléozoïques a été, à notre connaissance, mentionné dans les éerits scientifiques. Toutefois, à ce jour, très peu de renseignements ont été fournis concernant ce pingo particulier. A la suite d'une étude régionale précisant comment s'est effectué le retrait glaciaire dans la région septentrionale du District de Mackenzie où ce pingo a été observé, des précisions peuvent ětre apportées sur les caractéristiques et la genèse probable de ce pingo. L'édification de cette forme est, croit‐on, liée à la perméabilité exceptionnelle des dolomies fortement fissurées au sein desquelles a dǔ exister une nappe aquifère. Celle‐ci aurait été mise sous pression par le gel à la suite de la vidange d'un lac proglaciaire, selon le schéma maintenant classique expliquant l'apparition des pingos du delta du fleuve Mackenzie. Open system pingos are known to occur in hard rock within continuous permafrost regions. However, we are aware of only one reference in the literature of a closed system pingo uplifting consolidated sedimentary rocks. Up to now very little information was available on this particular feature. A regional study of part of the northern District of Mackenzie, where this pingo occurs, explains the deglaciation history of the region and provides information on the genesis of this unusual landform. The exceptional permeability of the intensely fractured dolomite bedrock and the resulting abundant groundwater made the growth of this unique feature possible. Encroaching permafrost, following the drainage of a glacial lake, generated the high pressures required by the now classic theory on the origin of Mackenzie River Delta pingos.

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  • Denis A. St‐Onge & Albert Pissart, 1990. "Un pingo en système fermé dans des dolomies paléozoïques de l'arctique canadien," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 1(3‐4), pages 275-282, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:1:y:1990:i:3-4:p:275-282
    DOI: 10.1002/ppp.3430010307
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