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frost pull and frost push

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

frost pull and frost push Periglacial processes that bring about the upward migration of rock fragments (clasts) through the regolith. Frost push takes place when an ice lens forms beneath a clast and so pushes it upwards. Frost pull occurs when a clast adheres to ice within a freezing regolith and so is drawn upwards as the ground heaves.

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frost pull and frost push

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

frost pull and frost push Periglacial processes that bring about the upward migration of clasts through the regolith. Frost push takes place when an ice lens forms beneath a clast and so pushes it upwards. Frost pull occurs when a clast adheres to ice within a freezing regolith and so is drawn upwards as the ground heaves.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "frost pull and frost push." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-frostpullandfrostpush.html

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "frost pull and frost push." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-frostpullandfrostpush.html

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Outwit Jack Frost.(preparing trees and shrubs winter)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Country Living Gardener; 12/1/2001
	Market insight: European pull, Asian push.(Insight) Newspaper article from: World Gas Intelligence; 1/5/2005
	GARDENING; High cost of heavy frost.(Features) Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 12/6/1997