Frost wedging

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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.
GCW NSIDCCryosphere
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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