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Red till diapir piercing mudboil's carapace

Location: Victory-Townsend Lake area, Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada; Approximately 62° 37' N, 95° 26' W
Red till diapir piercing mudboil's carapace

See for image 0055. Note lateral extrusion near the top of the diapir. This may be material extruded onto the carapace surface or may be a lateral extrusion into a void created temporarily by melting of a near-surface ice lens or ice segregation.













Date taken: 1971
Photo ID: 0059
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