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frost wedging

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | 205 words | Copyright

frost wedging(congelifraction, frost shattering, gelifraction, gelivation) The fracturing of rock by the expansionary pressure associated with the freezing of water in planes of weakness or in pore spaces.

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