cryogenesis

== English == === Etymology === From cryo- +‎ -genesis. === Noun === cryogenesis (plural cryogeneses) The combination of thermophysical, physiochemical, physiomechanical processes occurring in freezing and thawing earth materials. The geologic processes that create permafrost. The process of mediablasting a surface with dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide). ==== Related terms ==== cryogen cryogenic cryogenics === References === Pratap Singh; Umesh Kumar Haritashya; P. Pradeep Kumar (2011), Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers Soil cryogenesis is defined as a process dictating many important properties and regimes of permafrost affected soils. Soil cryogenesis is influenced by climatic parameters, the earth-atmosphere interactions, the properties of soils, the conditions of the permafrost. Soviet soil science, Volume 23, Issues 1-5, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1991 Cryogenesis controls soil formation in the permafrost zone..