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Term: Crack
Definition: Sea ice terminology that describes any fracture of fast ice, consolidated ice or a single floe which may have been followed by separation ranging from a few centimetres to 1 metre.
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Term: Crack
Definition: A separation formed in an ice cover of floe that does not divide it into two or more pieces.  NOAAHydrology 

Any fracture or rift in floating ice not sufficiently wide to be described as a lead.  NSIDCCryosphere 

Any fracture of fast ice, consolidated ice or a single floe with a width ranging from a few centimeters to 50 m and a length from several tens or hundreds of meters to several hundreds of kilometers.  Bushuyev 

Any fracture that has not parted.  WMOSeaIce 

Sea ice terminology that describes any fracture of fast ice, consolidated ice or a single floe which may have been followed by separation ranging from a few centimetres to 1 metre.  ECCCanada 

A fracture in an ice floe that has not parted substantially. More specifically, it is any fracture of fast ice, consolidated ice, or a single floe that may have been followed by separation ranging from a few centimeters to 1 m.  AMSglossary 

Any fracture or rift in floating ice not sufficiently wide to be described as a lead.  SPRI 

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Term: Crack
Definition: A separation formed in an ice cover of floe that does not divide it into two or more pieces.
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Term: Crack
Definition: Any fracture or rift in floating ice not sufficiently wide to be described as a lead.
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Term: Crack
Definition: Any fracture of fast ice, consolidated ice or a single floe with a width ranging from a few centimeters to 50 m and a length from several tens or hundreds of meters to several hundreds of kilometers.
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Term: Crack
Definition: Any fracture that has not parted.
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Term: Crack
Definition: A fracture in an ice floe that has not parted substantially. More specifically, it is any fracture of fast ice, consolidated ice, or a single floe that may have been followed by separation ranging from a few centimeters to 1 m.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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Term: Crack
Definition: Any fracture or rift in floating ice not sufficiently wide to be described as a lead.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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