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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

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PERMAFROST  

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  • 1. (Also called perennially frozen ground, pergelisol, permanently frozen ground.) A layer of soil or bedrock at a variable depth beneath the surface of the earth in which the temperature has been below freezing continuously from a few to several thousands of years. Permafrost exists where the summer heating fails to descend to the base of the layer of frozen ground. A continuous stratum of permafrost is found where the annual mean temperature is below about 5C (23F). <p>2. As limited in application by P. F. Svetsov, soil that is known to have been frozen for at least a century. <p> Muller, S. W., 1947: Permafrost, or Permanently Frozen Ground, and Related Engineering Problems, <p> Hare, F. K., 1951: Compendium of Meteorology, p. 958, and map, p. 956. (en)

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  • 2015-12-10 17:11:34.0 [aaleman] Insert Concept add narrower relation (PERMAFROST [c82f3480-545f-4491-83f1-0477369ddcd8,84051] - PERMAFROST TEMPERATURE [d8606e80-3d34-4540-a355-5f99737f7ab7,158553]);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/c82f3480-545f-4491-83f1-0477369ddcd8

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