Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
(IUSS Working Group WRB
2006
) and soil order in the
Canadian System of Soil
Classifi cation
(Soil Classifi cation Working Group
1998
). The term is consistent
with the use of terms such as “cryoturbation” (soil movements due to frost action),
“cryosphere” (that portion of the Earth where ice and snow occurs), “cryostruc-
tures” (structures present in frozen materials), etc. When permafrost-affected soils
were being incorporated into
Soil Taxonomy
, the term “Gelisol” was used in order
to construct pronounceable soil taxonomic names. The tradition in ST was to build
these names from the fi rst vowel and the consonant that followed. This was not pos-
sible with the term “cryosol” but “el” could be used to construct soil taxonomic
categories. This term is consistent with the use of terms such as “gelifl uction” (soil
creep associated with permafrost) and “gelic materials” (soil materials infl uenced
by cryogenic processes).
Finally, there has been a proliferation of journals specializing in cryopedology
and related studies, including
Arctic Journal
(began in 1948),
Arctic, Antarctic and
Alpine Research
(1969),
Antarctic Science
(1989),
Cold Regions Research and
Technology
(1979),
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
(1990),
Polar Biology
(1982),
Polar Record
(1931), and
Polar Science
(2007), as well as the mainline soils
journals.
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