syngenetic ice wedge
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0335
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: An ice wedge developed during the formation of syngenetic permafrost (see Figure 17i).
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Syngenetic ice wedges grow both wider and higher, more or less simultaneously with the deposition of additional sediment or other earth material on the ground surafce. Hence the ice on the outside edges decreases in age from bottom to top. Syngenetic ice wedges are generally wedge-shaped but with more irregular sides than epigenetic ice wedges.
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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