cryoturbation

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Etymology

From cryo- +‎ turbation.

Noun

cryoturbation (countable and uncountable, plural cryoturbations)

  1. (geology) Any of several forms of disturbances within soils and subsoils as a result of freeze–thaw processes in periglacial conditions.

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