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This tends to be a polar or sub-polar effect, where a small crack becomes enlarged over time with thaw-freeze cycles.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoWhenever water freezes it expands causing wedging.
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Ice wedging occurs because a given amount of ice has a volume?
Volume increase which exerts force.
What ice wedging?
wedging ice to a cake at a wedding
Why is ice wedging most obvious in the mountains?
Ice wedging occurs where there are freeze thaw cycles and is particularly noticable where there is exposed rock, and soil and vegetation are not concealing it. This means it is more obvious at high altitudes.
What type of frost action occurs when a crack ina rock widens from the freezing and thawing of water?
ice wedging
What are abrasion and ice wedging?
Ice wedging has 3 forms and they are Active, Inactive and Ice wedge Casts.
How does ice wedging relate to mechanical weathering?
Ice wedging is a type of mechanical weathering.
What is the process by which ice widens and deepens cracks in rock in called?
The general term for this is "erosion".
What is the one type of frost action?
The one type of frost action is frost wedging, which occurs when water seeps into cracks in rocks, freezes, and expands, causing the rock to break apart.
What does ice do to rocks?
It breaks from ice wedging
Is ice wedging the same as frost wedging?
Yes it is the same thing
What type of Frost action occurs When a water filled crack in a rock widens from the frezzing and thawing of the water?
ice wedging i think
Ice wedging occurs because a given amount of ice has a volume greater than or less than or the same as an equal amount of water?
greater because ice contains more air
