ground ice
Origin of ground ice
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How to use ground ice in a sentence
The working season is very short, and in many localities on the mainland 'ground ice' is permanent at slight depths.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life | Thomas Wallace KnoxA frequent inconvenience in the use of water power in cold climates is that peculiar form of ice called anchor or ground ice.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288 | VariousEverything points to radiation as the prime cause of the formation of ground-ice.
A striking example of the formation of ground-ice is mentioned by the Commander Steenk, of Pillau.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things | Edmund Fillingham KingMr. Prestwich has suggested that ground-ice may have had its influence in modifying the ancient alluvium of the Somme.
The Geological Evidence of The Antiquity of Man | Charles Lyell
British Dictionary definitions for ground ice
sea ice that is in contact with the coast or sea bed and thus not floating freely
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