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patterned ground [′pad·ərnd ′grau̇nd]

(geology)

Any of several well-defined, generally symmetrical forms, such as circles, polygons, and steps, that are characteristic of surficial material subject to intensive frost action.

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No references found			Back at Mount Morning, now entering a dark and bitter winter, the patterned ground is still buckling, and the wind is still scraping away at the mountain. Earth * wind * fire: scientists unravel a story inscribed in lava and ... by Powell, Hugh / Oceanus Patterned Ground as Evidence of Extensive Permafrost in the Saginaw Lowlands, Michigan, During the Late Pleistocene, Randal Geological Sciences by Zawiskie, John / Michigan Academician Images taken by the Mars Global Surveyor, now orbiting the Red Planet, suggest that most areas with geological features known as patterned ground appear at high latitudes, the same regions where large quantities of ice may lie just under the planet's surface. Martian ice could be sculpting surface patterns by Science News			Patsaev, Viktor Patsaev, Viktor Ivanovich Pattani patten Patten, Gilbert Pattern pattern analysis pattern bombing pattern book pattern card pattern chain pattern cracking pattern flood pattern formation pattern gene pattern generator pattern harmonization pattern matching Pattern Recognition pattern shooting pattern staining pattern-sensitive fault Patterne, Sir Willoughby patterned brickwork patterned glass patterned ground patternmaking Patterson Patterson function Patterson map Patterson projection Patterson State Park Patterson vectors Patterson, Elizabeth Patterson, Floyd Patterson, John H. Patterson, Joseph Medill Patterson, P. J. Patterson, Robert Patterson-Harker method Patti Patti, Adelina Pattie, James Ohio Pattinson process Pattison State Park Patton Patton, General George Patton, George S Patton, George Smith, Jr. Patton, George, Jr. patulin			Pattern-Evoked Retinal Response pattern-maker Pattern-matching Pattern-matching Pattern-Recognition System Pattern-Reversal Visual Evoked Response pattern-sensitive fault Pattern-Shift Visual Evoked Potentials Pattern-Shift Visual Evoked Response Pattern-Theoretic Recognition Pattern-Triggered Immunity Patterne, Sir Willoughby patterned patterned patterned patterned patterned patterned patterned advance patterned after patterned after patterned after patterned after patterned after patterned alopecia Patterned birch patterned brickwork Patterned cane Patterned cane patterned glass patterned ground Patterned Ground-Shield Patterned Multi-Array, Multi-Specific Surface patterned on patterned on patterned on patterned on patterned on patterned urge response toileting Patterned Urge-Response Toileting Patterned Vertical Alignment patterning patterning patterning patterning patterning patterning patterning after patterning after patterning after patterning after patterning after patterning on patterning on patterning on patterning on patterning on patternless patternlike patternmaker patternmaker

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