Ice lenses are bodies of ice formed when moisture, diffused within soil or rock, accumulates in a localized zone. The ice initially accumulates within...
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Frost heaving (section Development of ice lenses)
growth of the ice and can promote the formation of lens-shaped areas of ice within the soil. Yet the force of one or more growing ice lenses is sufficient...
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Ice segregation is the geological phenomenon produced by the formation of ice lenses, which induce erosion when moisture, diffused within soil or rock...
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Overdeepening (section Subglacial ice lens formation)
subglacial ice lens formation, which contributes to the overdeepening process. Bands of sediment or glacial till have been observed below Antarctic ice sheets;...
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vertical lengths. Ice crystals are larger in the horizontal direction and are thus detectable. Snow Snowflake Ice spike Ice lens Icicle "ice crystal". Glossary...
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genus Kamera. Ice lens Filter (social media), sometimes called a lens Google Lens, an augmented reality feature for smartphones Microsoft Lens, a document...
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Hummock (redirect from Ridged ice)
and thaw cycle of the ice lenses that continually occur within the organic layers of their mounds. The freezing of ice lenses is what causes the mounds...
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land form in permafrost areas with mineral-rich soils, where a perennial ice lens has developed within the soil. The term sometimes also refers to palsas...
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contributes to the formation of an ice lens which grows by drawing up surrounding water. The expansion of the ice upon freezing exerts pressure on the...
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Permafrost (section Massive ground ice)
ground polygons and ice lenses at Padjelanta National Park, Sweden Ice wedges seen from top Solifluction on Svalbard Contraction crack (ice wedge) polygons...
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