Thaw weakening

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Term: Thaw weakening
Definition: The reduction in shear strength due to the decrease in effective stresses resulting from the generation and slow dissipation of excess pore pressures when frozen soils containing ice are thawing.
GCW NSIDCCryosphere
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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