Frost boil

From Glossary of Meteorology



frost boil

  1. An accumulation of water and mud released from ground ice by spring thawing.

  2. A small mound of fresh soil material, formed by frost action.

    (Glossary of Permafrost and Related Ground-Ice Terms, National Research Council of Canada, NRCC 27952, Technical Memorandum No. 142, 1988.)


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