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• frost heave — noun upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil • Syn: ↑frost heaving • Hypernyms: ↑geological phenomenon * * * noun or frost heaving : an upthrust of ground caused by freezing of moist soil (as under a footing or… …   Useful english dictionary

• frost boil —    A small mound of fresh soil material formed by frost action. A type of nonsorted circle commonly found in fine grained sediment underlain by permafrost, or formed in areas affected by seasonal frost.    Compare: patterned ground.    NRC …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

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• pingo —    A large frost mound; especially a relatively large conical mound of soil covered ice (commonly 30 to 50 meters high and up to 400 meters in diameter) raised in part by hydrostatic pressure within and below the permafrost of Arctic regions, and …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• permafrost — /perr meuh frawst , frost /, n. (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil. Also called pergelisol. [1943; PERMA(NENT) + FROST] * * * Perennially frozen earth, with a temperature below 32 °F (0 °C) continuously for two years or… …   Universalium

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