Thawing floor

Temperature profile of the permafrost soil

Thawed soil is called the uppermost layer of the permafrost that is thawed in the polar summer and is sometimes heavily soaked in water .

The thawing soil thaws in different thicknesses, depending on the soil and rock material and the composition of the vegetation cover .

Often the thawing floor is soaked in moisture that solifluction or cryoturbation occurs.

The thickness of the thawing ground is only a few centimeters towards the pole, in Siberia it reaches a depth of several meters, up to a thickness of 20 to 40 meters.