Lithalsa
Lithalsa is a frost-induced raised land form in permafrost areas with mineral-rich soils, where a perennial ice lens has developed within the soil. The term sometimes also refers to palsas and pingos.[1]
See also
- Cryoturbation
- Frost heaving
- Gelifluction
- Gelisol
- Ice wedge – Crack in the ground formed by a narrow vertical block of ice
- Palsa – A low, often oval, frost heave occurring in polar and subpolar climates
- Patterned ground
- Paraglacial
- Periglacial
- Permafrost
- Pingo – Mound of earth-covered ice
- Solifluction – Freeze-thaw mass wasting slope processes
References
- Ballantyne, Colin K. (2018-01-16). Periglacial Geomorphology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-4051-0006-9.
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