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  • permafrost
    permafrost
    / Polygonal ground

    …or the polygons may be higher in the centre than the troughs over the ice wedges that enclose them. Both high-centre and low-centre tundra polygons are widespread in the polar areas and are good indicators of the presence of foliated ice masses; care must be taken, however, to demonstrate that…

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    …or the polygons may be higher in the centre than the troughs over the ice wedges that enclose them. Both high-centre and low-centre tundra polygons are widespread in the polar areas and are good indicators of the presence of foliated ice masses; care must be taken, however, to demonstrate that…

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