relict ice
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0271
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: Ice formed in, and remaining from, the geologically recent past.
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relict ice
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| Comment |
Relict ice may include ground ice preserved in cold regions such as the coastal plains of western Arctic Canada and northern Siberia, where relict permafrost of Pleistocene age has been preserved. In Russian literature the term is usually associated with buried ice.
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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fossil ice
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