| 单词 | patterned ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspatterned ground patterned ground n. Physical Geography ground showing a definite pattern of stones, fissures, vegetation, etc. (commonly polygons, rings, or stripes), esp. as typical of periglacial regions. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > types of terrain patchwork1865 Mound Region1873 boulder-flat1884 karrenfeld1885 boulder-belt1894 karst land1894 karst1902 felsenmeer1905 stone-field1906 staircasing1911 fundament1928 strewn field1937 thermokarst1943 patterned ground1950 pseudokarst1954 tower karst1954 tektite field1960 stone pavement1969 1950 A. L. Washburn in Revue Canad. de Géogr. 4 8 The terms Rutmark, Strukturboden..stone polygons, mud circles, soil circles, mud polygons, soil polygons, fissure polygons, tundra polygons, stone stripes, soil stripes, solifluction stripes and others have all been used to describe features here collectively named patterned ground for want of a satisfactory collective term in English... The writer would restrict the use of patterned ground to more or less symmetrical features. 1973 Nature Physical Sci. 4 June 85/2 These structures [sc. gilgai] are forms of patterned ground, having a surface expression as roughly polygonal to rectilinear-parallel systems of low ridges between hollows. 1992 R. M. Bone Geogr. Canad. North i. ii. 31 Except for areas of solid bedrock, patterned ground is widely found in the Arctic Lands geomorphic region. < as lemmas |
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