Needle ice is a needle-shaped column of ice formed by groundwater. Needle ice forms when the temperature of the soil is above 0 °C (32 °F) and the surface...
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Capillary pressure (section Needle ice)
well. For example, needle ice, seen in cold soil, occurs via capillary action. The first major contributions to the study of needle ice, or simply, frost...
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melted ice may affect coastlines of other continents via rising sea levels. Candle ice (sometimes known as needle ice) is a form of rotten ice that develops...
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Frost heaving (section Development of ice lenses)
may occur in mechanically refrigerated cold-storage buildings and ice rinks. Needle ice is essentially frost heaving that occurs at the beginning of the...
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frost crystals, frost feathers and two-dimensional ice plates on the cave walls and ceiling. Needle ice: Infiltrating water that freezes within the bedrock...
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proteins. Frost flower Hoarfrost Needle ice Hofmann D, Preuss G, Mätzler C (2015). "Evidence for biological shaping of hair ice" (PDF). Biogeosciences. 12 (14):...
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Frost flower (redirect from Ice blossoms)
also referred to as frost faces, ice castles, ice blossoms, or crystallofolia. Types of frost flowers include needle ice, frost pillars, or frost columns...
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Porosimetry – Measurement and characterization of the porosity of a material Needle ice – Ice column formed when liquid groundwater rises into freezing air Surface...
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Frost (redirect from Ice flowers)
acicular crystals (needle-like) growing outward from the surface, snowflake-shaped crystals, or even large, knifelike blades of ice covering an object...
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phases of ice are all possible states of matter for water as a solid. Currently, over twenty phases, including both crystalline and amorphous ices, have been...
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Precipitation (section Ice pellets)
or "freezing drizzle". Frozen forms of precipitation include snow, ice needles, ice pellets, hail, and graupel. Liquid precipitation Rainfall (including...
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Needlestick injury (redirect from Needle-stick)
A needlestick injury is the penetration of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object that has been in contact with blood, tissue or other body...
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environment), while trace fossils like Radulichnus could not have been caused by needle ice as Retallack has proposed. Ben Waggoner notes that the suggestion would...
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Rime ice forms when supercooled water droplets freeze onto surfaces. In the atmosphere, there are three basic types of rime ice: Soft rime forms when supercooled...
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is formed. So-called "diamond dust", (METAR code IC) also known as ice needles or ice crystals, forms at temperatures approaching −40 °C (−40 °F) due to...
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times when the Moon is in quadrature, i.e. the first and third quarters. needle ice negative tilt The angular displacement of a trough line such that the...
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Drift ice, also called brash ice, is sea ice that is not attached to the shoreline or any other fixed object (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.). Unlike...
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Injection (medicine) (redirect from Needle tract infection)
liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hypodermic needle) and a syringe. An injection is considered a form of parenteral...
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Jeff Lowe (category Ice climbers)
(26 July 1999). "Jeff Lowe, Ice Climber". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 4 April 2010. Lowe, Jeff (1975). "Keeler Needle, East Face". American Alpine...
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1990s at the height of the band's success and proclaimed "You can drop the needle anywhere on this record and I guarantee you, GOLD!" Of which, the DJ allowed...
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Compass (redirect from Compass needle)
navigation and geographic orientation. It commonly consists of a magnetized needle or other element, such as a compass card or compass rose, which can pivot...
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Baihao Yinzhen (redirect from Silver Needle tea (white))
yin2-chên1; pronounced [pǎɪ.xǎʊ ǐn.ʈʂə́n]), also known as White Hair Silver Needle, is a white tea produced in Fujian Province in China. Amongst white teas...
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4..163N. doi:10.1139/e67-007. Mackay, J. R.; Mathews, W. H. (1974). "Needle ice striped ground". Arctic and Alpine Research. 6 (1): 79–84. doi:10.2307/1550372...
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for ice crystals, from which combinations may occur, are needle, column, plate, and rime. Snow appears white in color despite being made of clear ice. This...
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with various shapes, e.g. elliptical disks, dendrites, needles and of an irregular nature. Frazil ice forms during the winter in open-water reaches of rivers...
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of the ice. Trees may snap as they are dormant and fragile during winter weather. Pine trees are also victims of ice storms as their needles will catch...
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glaciology, an ice cap is a mass of ice that covers less than 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) of land area (usually covering a highland area). Larger ice masses covering...
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Today metal needles have replaced the ivory and stone needles. Three-cornered skin-sewing needle, three-cornered needle or glover's needle (quagulek, ipgut’lek...
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Lardon (redirect from Larding needle)
French cuisine, lardons are also used for larding, by threading them with a needle into meats that are to be braised or roasted. Lardons are not normally smoked...
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fluctuations. Plants are subject to solifluction, where needle ice is produced every night in wetter soils. This ice uproots seedlings and can damage roots. Some...
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