| Term: | Frost wedging |
| Definition: |
The mechanical disintegration, splitting or break-up of rock by the pressure of water freezing in cracks, crevices, pores, joints or bedding planes. NSIDCCryosphere
The mechanical disintegration, splitting or break-up of rock by the pressure of the freezing of water in cracks, crevices, pores, joints or bedding planes IPAPermafrost A process of physical weathering in which water freezes in a crack and exerts force on the rock causing further rupture. PhysicalGeography GCW |