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Acoustically Defined Permafrost (6 Ice Bonded Permafrost) Revision – 2005 ENGLISH - 1 acoustically-defined permafrost beaded drainage (→ beaded stream) (→ ice-bonded permafrost) beaded stream (44) active air-cooled thermal pile (2) biennially frozen ground (→ pereletok) active construction methods in permafrost bimodal flow (→ retrogressive thaw slump) (3) block field (47) active frost (→ seasonal frost) blockmeer (→ block field) active ice wedge (5) bottom temperature of the snow cover (BTS) active layer (6) (49) active-layer failure (7) boulder field (→ block field) active-layer glide (→ active-layer failure) BTS method (BTS measurements) (51) active-layer thickness (9) bugor (→ frost mound) active liquid-refrigerant thermal pile (10) bulgunniakh (→ closed-system pingo) active rock glacier (11) buried ice (54) active thermokarst (12) button drainage (→ beaded stream) active zone (→ active layer) cave ice (56) adfreeze / adfreezing (14) cave-in lake (→ thermokarst lake) adfreeze strength (15) cemetery mound (→ thermokarst mound) adfreezing force (→ adfreeze strength) chrystocrene / crystocrene (→ icing) adsorbed water (→ interfacial water) climafrost (→ permafrost) aggradational ice (18) closed-cavity ice (61) air freezing index (19) closed-system freezing (62) air thawing index (20) closed-system pingo (63) alas / alass (21) closed talik (64) albedo (22) coefficient of compressibility (65) alpine permafrost (→ mountain permafrost) collapse scar (66) altiplanation terrace (→ cryoplanation collapsed pingo (→ pingo remnant) terrace) composite wedge (68) altitudinal permafrost limit (25) congelifluction (→ gelifluction) altitudinal permafrost zonation (26) congelifraction (→ frost wedging) annual frost zone (→ active layer) congeliturbate / congeliturbation annually frozen/thawed layer (→ active (→ cryoturbate / cryoturbation) layer) conglomeric cryogenic fabric (72) anti-syngenetic ice wedge (29) construction methods in permafrost (73) apparent heat capacity (30) contemporary permafrost (→ equilibrium approximate freezing index (31) permafrost) approximate thawing index (32) continental permafrost (→ onshore artificial ground freezing (33) permafrost) aufeis (→ icing) continuous permafrost (76) banded cryogenic fabric (35) continuous permafrost zone (77) barrens (36) contraction crack (→ thermal-contraction basal cryopeg (37) crack) basal cryostructure (38) creep of frozen ground (or ice) (79) basal heave (→ frost heave) creep strength (80) basal-layered cryostructure (40) critical ice content (→ ice content) baydzherakh (→ thermokarst mound) beaded channel (→ beaded stream) 2 – ENGLISH Revision - 2005 critical water content (→ total water delayed strength (125) content) density of frozen ground (126) crust-like cryostructure (83) depressed-centre polygon (→ low-centre cryic layer (→ permafrost) polygon) cryoatmosphere (→ cryosphere) depth of seasonal frost penetration (128) cryoepigenesis (→ cryogenesis) depth of minimal annual amplitude cryofront (87) (→ depth of zero annual amplitude) cryogenesis (88) depth of thaw (130) cryogenic aquiclude (89) depth of zero annual amplitude (131) cryogenic fabric (90) depth to permafrost (→ permafrost table) cryogenic mound (→ frost mound) desiccation crack (133) cryogenic soil (→ cryosol) desiccation polygon (134) cryogenic structure (→ cryostructure) design depth of frost penetration (135) cryogenic suction (→ cryosuction) design freezing index (136) cryogenic temperature (95) design thawing index (137) cryogenic texture (→ cryotexture) detachment failure (138) cryogenic weathering (→ frost weathering) dielectric constant (139) cryohydrosphere (→ cryosphere) dilation crack (140) cryokarst (→ thermokarst) dilation-crack ice (141) discontinuous permafrost (142) cryolaccolith (→ frost blister; open-system discontinuous permafrost zone (143) pingo) disequilibrium permafrost (144) cryolithology (101) drunken forest (145) cryolithosphere (→ cryosphere) dry density (146) cryolithozone (→ permafrost zone) dry frozen ground (147) cryology (→ geocryology) dry permafrost (148) cryomorphic soil (→ cryosol) dynamic modulus of elasticity (149) cryopedology (106) dynamic Poisson's ratio (150) cryopeg (107) earth hummock (151) cryoplanation (108) earth mound (→ earth hummock) cryoplanation terrace (109) East Greenland pingo (→ open-system cryosol (110) pingo) cryosolic soil (→ cryosol) electrical conductivity (154) cryosphere (112) electrical properties (155) cryostatic pressure (→ freezing pressure) electrical resistivity (156) cryostructure (114) epigenetic ice (157) cryosuction (115) epigenetic ice wedge (158) cryosyngenesis (→ cryogenesis) epigenetic permafrost (159) cryotexture (117) equilibrium permafrost (160) cryotic ground (118) excess ice (161) cryoturbate (119) extensive discontinuous permafrost (162) cryoturbation (120) fabric (163) debris flow (121) felsenmeer (→ block field) deformability (122) fissure ice (→ vein ice) degree-day (123) fissure polygon (→ polygon) degree of saturation (124) flood ice (→ icing) Revision – 2005 ENGLISH - 3 fluvio-thermal erosion (→ thermal erosion) frost polygon (→ polygon) foliated ice (→ wedge ice) frost prying (→ frost wedging) fossil ice (→ relict ice) frost riving (→ frost wedging) fossil ice wedge (→ ice-wedge cast) frost-sensitive soil (→ frost-susceptible soil) fossil permafrost (→ relict permafrost) frost shattering (216) fossil pingo (→ pingo scar) frost sorting (217) fossil thermokarst (→ thermokarst) frost splitting (→ frost wedging) fragmic cryogenic fabric (175) frost-stable ground (219) fragmoidal cryogenic fabric (176) frost-stable soil (220) free water (177) frost stirring (→ cryoturbation) freeze-thaw action (→ frost action) frost suction (→ cryosuction) freeze-thaw cycle (179) frost-susceptible ground (223) freezeback (180) frost-susceptible soil (224) freezing (181) frost table (→ thawing front) freezing degree-day (→ degree-day) frost weathering (226) freezing front (183) frost wedge (→ ice wedge) freezing index (184) frost wedging (228) freezing-induced pressure (→ freezing frozen fringe (229) pressure) frozen ground (230) freezing plane (→ freezing front) frozen zone (→ cryosphere) freezing point (187) gas hydrate (232) freezing-point depression (188) gelifluction (233) freezing pressure (189) gelifraction (→ frost wedging) friable permafrost (190) geocryology (235) frost (191) geothermal gradient (236) frost action (192) geothermal heat flux (237) frost blister (193) granic cryogenic fabric (238) frost boil (194) granoidic cryogenic fabric (239) frost bulb (195) graveyard mound (→ thermokarst mound) frost bursting (→ frost wedging) gravimetric water content (241) frost churning (→ cryoturbation) ground heave (→ frost heave) frost crack (→ thermal-contraction crack) ground ice (243) frost-crack polygon (→ polygon) ground-ice mound (→ frost mound) frost creep (200) ground-ice slump (→ retrogressive thaw frost fissure (→ thermal-contraction crack) slump) frost front (→ cryofront) ground-ice wedge (→ ice wedge) frost grip (→ adfreeze strength) ground icing (→ icing) frost heave (204) ground settlement (→ thaw settlement) frost-heave extent (205) ground slumping (→ detachment failure; frost-heave pressure (→ heaving pressure) thaw slumping) frost hummock (→ frost mound) groundwater icing (→ icing) frost jacking (208) hard frozen ground (251) frost mound (209) heat capacity (252) frost penetration (210) heat pipe (→ thermosyphon) frost phenomena (211) heaving pressure (254) 4 – ENGLISH Revision - 2005 high-altitude permafrost (→ mountain intermediate discontinuous permafrost (299) permafrost) interstitial ice (→ pore ice) high-centre polygon (256) intrapermafrost water (301) hydration shattering (→ frost shattering) intrusive ice (302) hydraulic conductivity (258) island permafrost (→ isolated patches of hydraulic diffusivity (259) permafrost) hydraulic pingo (→ open-system pingo) isoband cryogenic fabric (304) hydraulic thawing (261) isolated cryopeg (305) hydrochemical talik (262) isolated patches of permafrost (306) hydrocryosphere (→ cryosphere) isolated talik (307) hydrofrost (→ gas hydrate) kurum (308) hydrolaccolith (→ frost blister) lake talik (309) hydrostatic pingo (→ closed-system pingo) latent heat (of fusion) (310) hydrothermal talik (267) lateral talik (311) ice (268) latitudinal permafrost limit (312) ice-bearing permafrost (269) latitudinal permafrost zonation (313) ice blister (→ icing blister) layered cryostructure (314) ice-bonded permafrost (271) lens ice (315) ice cement (→ pore ice) lens type cryostructure (316) ice content (273) level of zero annual amplitude (→ depth of ice-cored topography (274) zero annual amplitude) ice gneiss (→ segregated ice) liquid water content (→ unfrozen water ice lens (276) content) ice mound (→ icing mound) long-term strength (319) ice-nucleation temperature (278) low-centre polygon (320) ice-rich permafrost (279) Mackenzie Delta pingo (→ closed-system ice segregation (280) pingo) ice slump (→ retrogressive thaw slump) macro-scale polygon (322) ice vein (282) marine cryopeg (323) ice veinlet (→ ice vein) mass wasting (324) ice wedge (284) massive-agglomerate cryostructure (325) ice-wedge cast (285) massive cryostructure (326) ice-wedge polygon (286) massive ice (327) ice-wedge pseudomorph (→ ice-wedge cast) massive-porous cryostructure (328) mean annual ground-surface temperature iciness (288) (MAGST) (329) icing (289) mean annual ground temperature (MAGT) icing blister (290) (330) icing glade (291) mechanical properties (331) icing mound (292) mechanical strength (332) in-situ freezing (→ closed-system freezing) mezhalasye (→ alas) inactive
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