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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

Date taken: 1971
Photo ID: 0059
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Useage statement
 

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.

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