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    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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  • 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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    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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    or "freezing drizzle". Frozen forms of precipitation include snow, ice needles, ice pellets, hail, and graupel. Liquid precipitation Rainfall (including...
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    The phases of ice are all possible states of matter for water as a solid. Currently, 19 phases, including both crystalline and amorphous ice, have been observed...
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    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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    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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    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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    by condensation of water vapor onto the ice surfaces. So-called "diamond dust", also known as ice needles or ice crystals, forms at temperatures approaching...
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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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    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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  • 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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    occurrence above 5,050 metres (16,570 ft). Other periglacial phenomena such as needle ice are also encountered on the volcanic complex. Chachani, looking eastward...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Iceberg (redirect from Ice berg)
    An iceberg is a piece of freshwater ice more than 15 m long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water. Smaller...
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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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