Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

permafrost thaw

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/illustrateddictionary/permafrostthaw

Within: An Illustrated Permafrost Dictionary

Definition: The change in permafrost as ground temperatures approach or exceed 0°C and ground ice changes into liquid water.

Term permafrost thaw en
Comment Did you know? Permafrost thaw usually takes place quite slowly, but large amounts of ice in the ground can affect this, resulting in thermokarst development and what is sometimes called abrupt thaw. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.52381/CPA.permafrostdictionary.1 xsd:anyURI

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