Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

cryogenic aquiclude

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0051

Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary

Definition: A layer of ground which, because of its frozen state, has a low enough permeability to act as a confining bed for an aquifer.

Term cryogenic aquiclude en
Comment Annual freezing can turn the active layer into a cryogenic aquiclude. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561 xsd:anyURI

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