Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

reticulate-blocky cryostructure

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0275

Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary

Definition: The cryostructure in which horizontal and vertical ice veins form a three- dimensional, irregular rectangular lattice (see Figure 9e).

Term reticulate-blocky cryostructure en
Comment The mesh size in reticulate-blocky cryostructure is larger and more irregular than that in reticulate cryostructure. It is found in frozen loam, silt and clay deposits with a high ice content. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561 xsd:anyURI

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