BASAL ICE FREEZING
type: Concept

GLACIAL PROCESSES
type: Concept

FREEZE/THAW
type: Concept
definition: The process where water seeps into a crack in a rock, as the temperature drops below freezing, the water freezes and expands causing the crack to enlarge. The ice then melts into water again as the temperature rises above freezing. This action is repeated until the rock breaks.
in scheme: sciencekeywords
change note: 2013-03-05 08:53:26.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (FREEZE/THAW [f7849055-fa5c-437c-a8c6-08c7db3a3b0a,82789] - GLACIAL PROCESSES [d7b62912-5970-46b1-be45-6a603c9a6979,82723]);
change note: 2013-03-05 08:54:31.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add narrower relation (FREEZE/THAW [f7849055-fa5c-437c-a8c6-08c7db3a3b0a,82789] - BASAL ICE FREEZING [a72c8430-0b33-4167-b189-1309cc2048c5,82791]);
change note: 2013-04-01 10:58:35.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: The process where water seeps into a crack in a rock, as the temperature drops below freezing, the water freezes and expands causing the crack to enlarge. The ice then melts into water again as the temperature rises above freezing. This action is repeated until the rock breaks. language code: en);