Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

river talik

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0279

Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary

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

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

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