- In
gelisols (permafrost soils),
cryoturbation (frost churning)
refers to the
mixing of
materials from
various horizons of the soil down to the bedrock...
- the
Latin gelare meaning "to freeze", a
reference to the
process of
cryoturbation that
occurs from the
alternating thawing and
freezing characteristic...
- rate of
subsurface freezing by
raising the
temperature of the ice.
Cryoturbation Frost law
Frost weathering Ice
jacking Palsa In the
section II. Fl....
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either continuous or
discontinuous permafrost,
consequently affected by
cryoturbation are
common in high
mountain plateaus of
Tibet and the
Andean altiplano...
-
small circular mounds of
fresh soil
material formed by
frost action and
cryoturbation. They are
found typically found in
periglacial or
alpine environments...
- S. ice-free land). Gelisols:
Soils with
permafrost within 100 cm or
cryoturbation (frost churning)
within 100 cm plus
permafrost within 200 cm; commonly...
-
suggesting fluidity at some
point in the past. The disturbance, a form of
cryoturbation,
often extends to a
depth roughly equal to the hummock’s height. This...
- as ice wedges,
patterned ground, pingos, rock glaciers, palsas, soil
cryoturbation, and
solifluction deposits developed in
unglaciated extra-Andean Patagonia...
-
important factor in soil formation.
Pedoturbation includes churning clays,
cryoturbation, and bioturbation.
Pedoturbation transforms soils through destratification...
- of
discontinuous permafrost, most
conifers are able to grow easily.
Cryoturbation is the
dominant force operating in the
active layer, and
tends to make...
