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PORE ICE [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

Ice below the surface of the lithosphere, formed from the freezing of either saturated or unsaturated rock or soil or from the covering of a bed of surface ice or snow by a mantle of rock debris.

OBS

pore ice : term used at Natural Resources Canada-Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Glace située au-dessous de la surface de la lithosphère.

OBS

Elle peut être formée par congélation d'une roche ou d'un sol, saturés ou non, ou par recouvrement d'une couche de glace ou de neige par des débris rocheux.

OBS

glace interstitielle : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 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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Record 3 2010-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

Ice formed by the migration of pore water to the freezing plane where it forms into discrete lenses, layers, or seams ranging in thickness from hairline to greater than 10 m.

OBS

segregated ice: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Glace formée par la migration de l'eau de remplissage des pores vers le front de congélation où elle forme des lamelles, des couches ou des filons de glace bien distincts qui peuvent être très minces ou avoir plus de 10 m d'épaisseur.

OBS

glace de ségrégation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

Maximum amount of interstitial water which, when converted into ice, will fill all the available pore space of the ground.(Muller, 1965, p. 65)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

Géomorphologie de l'île Ellef Ringnas, Denis St-Onge (mai 73) RA

Spanish

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