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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES

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PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES  

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  • Of, or pertaining to, the outer perimeter of a glacier, particularly to the fringe areas surrounding the great continental glaciers of the geologic ice ages. Thus, periglacial weathering is said to have produced certain characteristic land forms. (en)

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/097a0fad-d822-49ad-bd12-232e9ea7cb30

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