| 单词 | frost thrusting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrost thrusting frost thrusting n. Geology (esp. lateral) displacement of soil or objects caused by the expansion of groundwater on freezing; cf. frost heaving n. ΚΠ 1951 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 59 65 The writer has found no terms descriptive of these particular phenomena. Consequently..Frost-thrusting is used for the process whereby large blocks of rock have been raised, commonly vertically, or have changed position with respect to the rest of the outcrop, owing to the frost action. 1954 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 252 55 From their structures we conclude that frost thrusting—lateral soil movement during freezing—plays a major role in their development. 2011 R. J. Huggett Fund. Geomorphol. (ed. 3) xi. 294/1 Ice formation causes..frost thrusting, which is a horizontal movement of material. < as lemmas |
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