thermal-contraction crack
Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0357
Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary
Definition: A tensile fracture resulting from thermal stresses in frozen ground.
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thermal-contraction crack
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Tensile stresses caused by a reduction in ground temperature are probably a major factor in thermal contraction cracking, but it is usually difficult to prove that desiccation is not also involved. Ice wedges, sand wedges, soil wedges and ice veins form in thermal contraction cracks.
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https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561
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frost fissure
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frost crack en |
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contraction crack
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frost wedge en |