Regularities in formation of frost-fissures and development of frost-fissure polygons
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https://doi.org/10.26485/BP/1973/23/17Keywords:
frost-fissures, frost polygonal structures, temperatures as a permafrost factorAbstract
The author analyzes the relationships between the formation of frost cracks and the thermal regime of rocks in layers of seasonal freeze-thaw and in the underlying permafrost. The zonal distribution of the depths reached by cracks in the permafrost is established. Based on the calculation schemes of B. N. Dostovalov and using new data on the mechanical properties of frozen rocks, he presents how crack formation is controlled by rock type and ice content. He identifies four basic groups of crack polygon structures and presents their formation. Finally, he analyses the amplitude of average annual temperatures at the surface and at the top of the permafrost as a factor controlling polygonal crack structures. The results prove syngenetic structure systems to be important for paleogeographic conclusions.
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