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Coined by Kirk Bryan in 1946 in "Cryopedology—the study of frozen ground and intensive frost action with suggestions on nomenclature" in the American Journal of Science, volume 244, pages 622–642.
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Today it means: the weathering of material through the repeated freezing and thawing of water. Full definition →