Should Glaciers Be Considered Permafrost?
This commentary critically evaluates concepts of extending the term permafrost to any parts of an active glacier. The whole mass of any glacier is at zero centigrade or below (cryotic), except for non-ice inclusions at the glacier surface. Therefore, if glacial ice is considered a monomineral rock,...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2076-3263/9/12/517/ 2023-08-20T04:07:06+02:00 Should Glaciers Be Considered Permafrost? Maciej Dąbski agris 2019-12-16 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9120517 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9120517 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Geosciences; Volume 9; Issue 12; Pages: 517 glacial permafrost permafrost glacier–permafrost interactions polythermal glacier Text 2019 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9120517 2023-07-31T22:54:18Z This commentary critically evaluates concepts of extending the term permafrost to any parts of an active glacier. The whole mass of any glacier is at zero centigrade or below (cryotic), except for non-ice inclusions at the glacier surface. Therefore, if glacial ice is considered a monomineral rock, then any glacier constitutes a perennially cryotic ground (i.e., permafrost), according to the purely thermal definition. However, extending the term permafrost to active glaciers introduces misconceptions, rather than a clarification of important geological terms. Text Ice permafrost MDPI Open Access Publishing Geosciences 9 12 517 |
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This commentary critically evaluates concepts of extending the term permafrost to any parts of an active glacier. The whole mass of any glacier is at zero centigrade or below (cryotic), except for non-ice inclusions at the glacier surface. Therefore, if glacial ice is considered a monomineral rock, then any glacier constitutes a perennially cryotic ground (i.e., permafrost), according to the purely thermal definition. However, extending the term permafrost to active glaciers introduces misconceptions, rather than a clarification of important geological terms. |
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