Latent heat (of fusion)

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Term: Latent heat (of fusion)
Definition: The amount of heat required to melt all the ice (or freeze all the pore water) in a unit mass of soil or rock  IPAPermafrost 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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