saline permafrost
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0281
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: Permafrost in which part or all of the total water content is unfrozen because of freezing-point depression due to the dissolved-solids content of the pore water.
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saline permafrost
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Saline permafrost is found in cryopegs. At temperatures below the ice- nucleation temperature, a higher than normal unfrozen water content will persist due to increased dissolved-solids content of the remaining pore water.
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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