Cryopedology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of frozen ground. uncountable

Etymology

Term composed of cryo- + pedology first introduced by the American geologist Kirk Bryan (1888-1950) in "Cryopedology, the study of frozen ground and intensive frost-action, with suggestions on nomenclature," American Journal of Science, vol. 244, no. 9 (September 1, 1946), pp. 622-42.

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