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Things permafrost often describes ("permafrost ________")
- tunnel
- melts
- deposits
- water
- melt
- zone
- soils
- studies
- conditions
- distribution
- creep
- ice
- domain
- temperatures
- development
- features
- peatlands
- base
- tundra
- ground
- figure
- thawing
- boundary
- grounds
- hydrology
- depths
- waters
- subsoils
- strata
- maps
- bodies
- occurrence
- depth
- bacteria
- terminology
- feet
- origin
- islands
- growth
- thickness
- monitoring
- research
- landscapes
- condition
- samples
- thicknesses
- soil
- content
- hydrates
- foundations
- slopes
- regions
- formation
- rocks
- map
- sediments
- changes
- response
- landslides
- evolution
- zones
- investigation
- environment
- temperature
- layers
- area
- patches
- mapping
- degradation
- layer
- areas
- table
- preservation
- aggradation
- environments
- terrain
- watershed
- thaws
- melting
- surface
- processes
- terrane
- design
- fig
- scientists
- microbiology
- phenomena
How permafrost often is described ("________ permafrost")
- upper
- polar
- shallow
- relic
- deepest
- insular
- bonded
- continental
- seasonal
- intermittent
- glacial
- subsurface
- temperature
- hard
- alpine
- deep
- glacier
- cold
- colder
- degrading
- canadian
- underwater
- warm
- former
- contemporary
- sporadic
- terrestrial
- altitude
- active
- impermeable
- underground
- aggrading
- northern
- arctic
- syngenetic
- marginal
- stable
- subglacial
- coastal
- unstable
- nearshore
- deeper
- delicate
- thick
- dry
- thin
- frozen
- past
- cemented
- saline
- epigenetic
- unconsolidated
- offshore
- icy
- undisturbed
- impervious
- sea
- patchy
- day
- adjacent
- widespread
- underlying
- discontinuous
- continuous
- periglacial
- rich
- perennial
- wet
- alaskan
- fossil
- relict
- proglacial
- extensive
- submarine
- siberian
- ancient
