cryopedology

cryopedology

[¦krī·ō·pə′däl·ə·jē]
(geology)
A branch of geology that deals with the study of intensive frost action and permanently frozen ground.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Cryopedology: the study of frozen ground and intensive frost action with suggestion on nomenclature.
Brazilian pedology in Antarctica: the permafrost-affected soils research in the global warming scenario/Pedologia Brasileira na Antartica: a pesquisa de solos afetados por permafrost no cenario do aquecimento global
Although the transition zone is not specifically mentioned, there is some recognition of its occurrence in the cryopedology literature (Tarnocai, 1994; Hoefle et al., 1998).
Characteristics and significance of the transition zone in drained thaw-lake basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska
In `Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Cryopedology, November 1992'.
Formation, ecology, and geography of Cryosols of an ice-free oasis in Coastal East Antarctica near Casey Station (Wilkes Land)
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