Fracturing

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Term: Fracturing
Definition: A pressure process whereby ice is permanently deformed, and rupture occurs. Most commonly used to describe breaking across fast ice, ice breccia, compact ice and ice fields.
GCW Bushuyev
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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