Frost weathering is a collective term for several mechanical weathering processes induced by stresses created by the freezing of water into ice.

Frost wedging: the mechanical disintegration, splitting or break-up of rock by the pressure of water freezing in cracks, crevices, pores, joints or bedding ...

29 мар. 2024 г. · Ice or frost wedging is a physical weathering or fracturing process caused by expansion stress from freezing water in cracks and pores.

Frost wedging is also known as ice wedging. When frost wedging occurs, the liquid form of water enters into small cracks of rocks and when the temperature ...

Frost wedging, also known as freeze-thaw weathering, is a mechanical weathering process where water enters cracks in rocks, freezes, and expands.

Frost wedging. Frost wedging happens when water filling a crack freezes and expands (as it freezes, water expands 8 to 11% in volume over liquid water). The ...

Frost wedging (or ice wedging) happens when water seeps into cracks, then expands upon freezing. The expansion enlarges the cracks (Figure 8.4). The ...

Frost wedging is the process by which water seeps into cracks in a rock, expands on freezing, and thus enlarges the cracks.

A process where water freezes inside cracks in rocks, causing expansion and mechanical weathering.