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Record 1 2011-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

Freezing of fine-grained soils increases the volume of the soil by expanding pore water and, more significantly, by drawing water to the freezing front where it freezes into lenses of more or less pure ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Le gel des sols à grains fins accroît le volume du sol en augmentant l'eau interstitielle et, surtout, en attirant l'eau au front de gel où elle gèle en lentilles de glace plus ou moins pure.

Spanish

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