Cryopedology is any study relating to the behavior of frozen snow. The shapes into which frozen snow is blown by the wind (e.g. on the tundra) are said to be 'cryopedological formations'. The ways in which frozen snow behaves due to factors intrinsic to itself and relating to environments are 'cryopedological processes'. The term cryopedology was first introduced by geologist Kirk Bryan in 1946.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ward, W. H. (1947). "Cryopedology: The study of Frozen Ground and Intensive Frost Action with Suggestions on Nomenclature. By Kirk Bryan American Journal of Science, Vol. 244, 1946, pp. 622–92". Journal of Glaciology. 1 (2): 86–87. doi:10.3189/S0022143000007735. ISSN 0022-1430. S2CID 249841061.
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  • Bockheim, James (2015). Cryopedology. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319084855.


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