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Freeze-Thaw Crust

A seasonal surface sediment layer 1 to 5 cm thick occurring on bare ground that has been disaggregated or puddled by radiant heating and cooling to produce freeze/thaw cycles while very moist or wet.
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Trace Materials
Date Added to Lexicon
Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)
Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils. National Soil Survey Center, 2012.
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