Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

Active layer failure

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/cperslandforms/activelayerfailure

Within: CPERS Landform List

Definition: A general term referring to several forms of slope failures or failure mechanisms commonly occurring in the active layer overlying permafrost.

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