Designation:D7099−04(Reapproved2010)StandardTerminologyRelatingtoFrozenSoilandRock1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7099;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisterminologyincludesallofthosetermswhichrelatetofrozensoilsandrocks.1.2Itisbasedon:alistofdefinitionsdrawnupbyASTMSub-CommitteeD18.19;ASTMstandards;alistofdefinitionsdrawnupbytheCanadianGeomorphologyResearchGroup(CGRG);theGlossaryofPermafrostandRelatedGround-IceTermsdevelopedbytheNationalSnowandIceDataCenter(NSIDC),attheUniversityofColorado,atBoulder;theKeystoSoilTaxonomyoftheUnitedStatesDepartmentofAgricul-ture(USDA);andcontributionsbyanumberofindividuals.1.3Forallofthetermsincluded,thesourceisincludedinparenthesesafterthedefinition.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D653TerminologyRelatingtoSoil,Rock,andContainedFluidsD4083PracticeforDescriptionofFrozenSoils(Visual-ManualProcedure)2.2OtherReferences:Harris,S.A.,French,H.M.,Heginbottom,J.A.,Johnston,G.H.,Ladanyi,B.,Sego,D.C.,andvanEverdingen,R.O.,1988,GlossaryofPermafrostandRelatedGround-IceTerms,TechnicalMemorandum,AssociateCommitteeonGeotechnicalResearch,Ottawa,CanadaEverdingen,Robertvan,ed.,1998,revisedJanuary,2002,Multi-LanguageGlossaryofPermafrostandRe-latedGround-IceTerms,NationalSnowandIceDataCenter/WorldDataCenterforGlaciology,Boulder,Colo-radoNationalSnowandIceDataCenter,2003,EnglishLanguageGlossaryofPermafrostandRelatedGround-IceTerms,Boulder,Colorado,http://nsdic.org/fgdc/glossary/english.htmlNaturalResourcesConservationService,UnitedStatesDe-partmentofAgriculture...
