What does "frost wedging" mean?

A natural process when water seeps into rock cracks, freezes, expands, and forces the rock apart, gradually breaking it down through repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Frost wedging

Q: What is a synonym for "frost wedging"?

Common synonyms include: cyclic damage, freeze thaw damage, freeze thaw weathering, frost cracking, ice wedging.

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Noun

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A natural process when water seeps into rock cracks, freezes, expands, and forces the rock apart, gradually breaking it down through repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Synonyms

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cyclic damage freeze thaw damage freeze thaw weathering frost cracking ice wedging

Antonyms

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melting stability structural integrity thawing

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