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語源

From Finnish palsa, from Northern Sami balsa.

名詞

palsa (plural palsas)

1. (geomorphology) A hummock rising out of a bog with a core of ice; similar in appearance to a pingo but due to different structure palsas cannot grow as big as pingos.
   • 2003, Richard J. Huggett, Fundamentals of Geomorphology, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 244:

     Peat plateaux are larger landforms formed by the coalescence of palsas. String bogs, also called patterned fens, occur in muskeg. They are alternations of thin, string-like strips or ridges of peat, mainly Sphagnum moss, which may […]

   • 2013 March 9, Dennis F. Whigham, D. Dykyjová, S. Hejný, Wetlands of the World I: Inventory, Ecology and Management, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 480:

     These basin bogs are generally associated with Picea mariana or are treeless. Species in these wetlands are similar to those found in other palsas in Canada.

派生語

アナグラム

• Palas, alaps, lapas, palas, plaas, salpa