epigenetic ice wedge
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0099
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: An ice wedge developed in epigenetic permafrost, or in previously formed syngenetic permafrost (see Figure 17i).
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epigenetic ice wedge
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Epigenetic ice wedges grow progressively wider, rather than deeper, and are characteristically wedge-shaped. The ice of an epigenetic ice wedge is oldest on the outside edges.
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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