Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

thermokarst mound

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0370

Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary

Definition: A hummock remaining after melting of the ice wedges surrounding an ice- wedge polygon (see Figure 22e).

Term thermokarst mound en
Comment Thermokarst mounds occur in groups forming a distinctive surficial network of regularly shaped mounds separated by troughs formed by the melting of ice wedges. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561 xsd:anyURI
skos:hiddenLabel cemetery mound en
baydzherakh en
graveyard mound en

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