plastic frozen ground
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0259
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: Fine-grained soil in which only a portion of the pore water has turned into ice.
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plastic frozen ground
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Plastic frozen ground is cemented by ice, but it has viscous properties due to its high unfrozen water content and will therefore indergo plastic deformation under load, rather than brittle failure.
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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