Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

lake talik

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0186

Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary

Definition: A layer or body of unfrozen ground occupying a depression in the permafrost table beneath a lake.

Term lake talik en
Comment The temperature of a lake talik remains above 0°C due to the heat storage effect of the lake water. Depending on the permafrost thickness and the size of the lake, such taliks may be either open or closed. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561 xsd:anyURI

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