Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

palsa bog

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0229

Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary

Definition: A poorly-drained lowland underlain by organic-rich sediments, which contains perennially frozen peat bodies (peat plateaux) and occasionally palsas.

Term palsa bog en
Comment Palsa bogs occur in subarctic lowlands and are characteristic of the zone of discontinuous permafrost. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561 xsd:anyURI
skos:altLabel palsa mire en

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