Concept information
Preferred term
PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES
Definition
- 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)
Broader concept
- FROZEN GROUND (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/097a0fad-d822-49ad-bd12-232e9ea7cb30
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