Pingos and ice-wedge polygons are large scale landforms found in periglacial regions and are responsible for some of the most striking features in periglacial environments today. Pingos From the Inuit word ‘hill’, pingos are dome-shaped hills found in periglacial environments. Pingos can be up to 500m in diameter and 50m high (see Figure 1 for …
‘Periglacial’ describes a landscape that undergoes seasonal freezing and thawing and are generally located on the edges of past and present glaciated regions. These landscapes are home to impressive periglacial landforms, such as pingos, patterned ground and ice wedges. Further, they can also inform on past environments and be indicators for current climate conditions 1. …
‘Periglacial’ describes a landscape that undergoes seasonal freezing and thawing, typically on the fringes of past and present glaciated regions. The landscapes are governed by specific depositional and erosional processes, and therefore produce completely unique landforms [1]. A dominant characteristic of periglacial landscapes is the presence of permafrost – ground that is frozen all year round …
