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- noun geology Any of several forms of
disturbances within soils and subsoils as a result offreeze –thaw processes inperiglacial conditions
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Thawing of permafrost in peatlands and frozen organic matter sequestered by cryoturbation is likely to accelerate biochemical decomposition and increase the GHGs released into the atmosphere.
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Winter CO2 emissions have been also explained by other mechanisms (e.g., the physical release of summer-accumulated gases or abiotic CO2 formation due to cryoturbation [109]).
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