thermokarst
61cave-in lake — A shallow body of water whose basin is produced by collapse of the ground following thawing of ground ice in regions underlain by permafrost. Synonym: thermokarst lake …
62karst — (Internationally used term, originally the German form of the Slavic word kras or krš, meaning a bleak waterless place; it is the German name for a district east of Trieste having such terrane.) A terrane, generally underlain by limestone or… …
63pseudokarst — 1. Terrane with features similar to karst but formed in nonsoluble rocks, as by melting of permafrost or ground ice, collapse after mining, and by outflow of liquid lava from beneath its solidified crust [20]. 2. Karst like terrane produced …
64термокарст — термический карст Процесс вытаивания подземного льда, заключённого в верхней части многолетнемёрзлой зоны, и связанного с этим проседания поверхности Земли и возможным образованием котловин, заполненных водами озёр. [Словарь геологических… …
