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occurrence in periglacial landforms

  • esker: Nunavut
    In glacial landform: Permafrost, patterned ground, solifluction deposits, and pingos

    …rings coalesce, they form polygonal stone nets. On steeper slopes, stone rings and stone nets are often stretched into stone stripes by slow downhill motion of the soggy active layer of the permafrost. In other areas, patterned ground is formed by vertical or subvertical polygonal cracks, which are initiated in…

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  • Taymyr Peninsula
    In permafrost: Patterned ground

    …granular sediments, thus forming circles, stone nets, and polygons a few centimetres to 6 metres (20 feet) in diameter. The coarse cobbles and boulders form the outside of the ring and the finer sediments occur in the centre. The features require a rigorous climate with some fine-grained sediments and soil…

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