FROZEN GROUND
TALIK
ACTIVE LAYER
PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES
GROUND ICE
SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND
PERMAFROST
ROCK GLACIERS
CRYOSOLS
SOIL TEMPERATURE
2017-03-10 08:54:56.0 [tstevens] update Definition (Soil within which the moisture has predominantly changed to ice, the unfrozen portion being in vapor phase. Ice within the soil bonds adjacent soil particles and renders frozen ground very hard. Permanently frozen ground is called permafrost. Dry frozen ground is relatively loose and crumbly because of the lack of bonding ice. Frozen ground is sometimes in-advisedly called frost or ground frost.); update Definition (American Meteorological Society Glossary of Meteorology Online "http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary" );
Soil within which the moisture has predominantly changed to ice, the unfrozen portion being in vapor phase. Ice within the soil bonds adjacent soil particles and renders frozen ground very hard. Permanently frozen ground is called permafrost. Dry frozen ground is relatively loose and crumbly because of the lack of bonding ice. Frozen ground is sometimes in-advisedly called frost or ground frost.
LAND SURFACE