cryoplanation terrace
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0058
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: A step-like or table-like bench cut in bedrock in cold climate regions.
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terrasse d'altiplanatïon
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Cryoplanation terraces may occur as both hillside benches or bevelled summit surfaces and often lack structural control. They are thought to form under conditions of intense frost wedging associated with snowbanks. Cryoplanation terraces are more frequently reported from periglacial areas of moderate aridity. As these areas are usually underlain by permafrost, cryoplanation terraces are regarded by some as diagnostic landforms of permafrost terrain.
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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