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cryopedology

noun

  1. the branch of science concerned with the action of frost and freezing water on the structure and properties of the ground
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Term composed of cryo- + pedology first introduced by the American geologist Kirk Bryan (1888-1950) in "Cryopedology, the study of frozen ground and intensive frost-action, with suggestions on nomenclature," American Journal of Science, vol. 244, no. 9 (September 1, 1946), pp. 622-42.

  1. The study of frozen ground.