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Botanical Terms -active layer
a layer of seasonally thawed surface soil in a periglacial environment that sits above the permanently frozen *horizon. It can range in thickness from a few centimeters to over three meters. If *silt-sized particles predominate, it may be susceptible to significant expansion upon freezing, and it may become quite mobile throughout the melting process
a layer of seasonally thawed surface soil in a periglacial environment that sits above the permanently frozen *horizon. It can range in thickness from a few centimeters to over three meters. If *silt-sized particles predominate, it may be susceptible to significant expansion upon freezing, and it may become quite mobile throughout the melting process
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