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Geological Survey of Canada
Open File 8787

Spatial distribution of pingos in the Tuktoyaktuk coastlands and adjacent areas, Northwest Territories

S.A. Wolfe, P.D Morse, and P. Behnia

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 20xx

Permanent link: https://doi.org/10.4095/328305

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Recommended citation

Wolfe, S.A., Morse, P.D., and Behnia, P., 2021. Spatial distribution of pingos in the Tuktoyaktuk coastlands 
     and adjacent areas, Northwest Territories; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8787, 
     1 .zip file. https://doi.org/10.4095/328305

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Contents

This report provides the methodology and results of identification and mapping of pingos from high resolution digital topographic data and satellite imagery. We identify 2363 accepted pingos and 456 rejected pingo-like features in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands. This Open File contains four PDF files and one data file directory. One PDF file is report of the spatial distribution of pingos in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands and surrounding area, and three PDF files are supporting Appendices (A, B and C) usedin validation of the accepted pingos. The data file directory contains KMZ files and GIS shapefiles of accepted and rejected pingo distributions; Excel and CSV files of accepted pingos.

Directory structure

of_8787_readme.rtf (this file)
of_8787.pdf (report)
of_8787_Appendix A.pdf (Supporting document)
of_8787_Appendix B.pdf (Supporting document)
of_8787_Appendix C.pdf (Supporting document)
Licence_agreement_e.pdf (end-user agreement in English)
\Data (KMZ files and GIS shapefiles of accepted and rejected pingo distributions; Excel and CSV 
files of accepted pingos)

Author contact information

S.A. Wolfe (stephen.wolfe@canada.ca)
Geological Survey of Canada
601 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E8

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