cryogenesis

English

Etymology

From cryo- +‎ -genesis.

Noun

cryogenesis (plural cryogeneses)

1. The combination of thermophysical, physiochemical, physiomechanical processes occurring in freezing and thawing earth materials.
2. The geologic processes that create permafrost.
3. The process of mediablasting a surface with dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide).

Related terms

• cryogen
• cryogenic
• cryogenics

References

1. Pratap Singh, Umesh Kumar Haritashya, P. Pradeep Kumar (2011) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers

• Soil cryogenesis is defined as a process dictating many important properties and regimes of permafrost affected soils. Soil cryogenesis is influenced by climatic parameters, the earth-atmosphere interactions, the properties of soils, the conditions of the permafrost.

1. Soviet soil science, Volume 23, Issues 1-5, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1991

• Cryogenesis controls soil formation in the permafrost zone..