Pingo-Landschaft in Ostfriesland

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2013

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Heinze, A.
Hoek, Wim Z.ORCID 0000-0001-7313-100XISNI 0000000109876488
Tammen, M.

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Abstract

A project undertaken by pupils of the senior boarding school at Esens in Lower Saxony investigates the remains of pingos in the area around Esens and other places in East Frisia. There are considerable numbers of these hollow landforms with no drainage outfl ow, which have been an integral part of the cultural landscape from the Stone Age to the present day

Keywords

East Frisia, Periglacial landforms, Permafrost soil, Pingo, Cultural landscape

Citation

Heinze, A, Hoek, W Z & Tammen, M 2013, 'Pingo-Landschaft in Ostfriesland', Siedlungs- und Küstenforschung im südlichen Nordseegebiet, vol. 36, pp. 49-52.