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ice wedge

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ice wedge [′īs ‚wej]
(hydrology)
foliated ice


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1) revealed numerous Palaeolithic artefacts embedded in an ice wedge cast system (Fiedorczuk et al.
OSL dating in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. A discussion from ... by Kolstrup, Else / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
By tracking the water course uphill, he found its source: Large volumes of snowmelt had flowed into open fissures in the ground and had then melted a passage through a network of subterranean ice wedges that had formed over millennia (SN: 5/17/03, p.
Not-so-perma frost: warming climate is taking its toll on ... by Perkins, Sid / Science News
When the climate warms, the ice wedge melts, and sediment begins to fill the fissure.
Palaeoecological interpretation of pollen, macrofossils, polygonal ... by Anderson, Allyson K. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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