Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

thermokarst

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

Within: An Illustrated Permafrost Dictionary

Definition: Processes linked to the thaw of ice-rich permafrost, including thaw settlement, thaw slumping, and thermal erosion, and the impacts of these processes on the landscape.

Term thermokarst en
Comment Did you know? Thermokarst can be started by widespread climate warming or by localized disturbances, such as poor construction practices or forest and tundra fires. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.52381/CPA.permafrostdictionary.1 xsd:anyURI

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