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Pressure ridge (ice) (Glaciology 🗻)
A pressure ridge is a linear pile-up of sea ice fragments formed in pack ice by accumulation in the convergence between floes in an oceanic or coastal environment. Such a pressure ridge develops in an ice cover as a result of a stress regime established within the plane of the ice. Within sea ice expanses, pressure ridges originate from the int...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_ridge_(ice)
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