regelation

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“Has the theory of regelation been put to the proof?” asked Lewis, with a degree of interest in glaciers which he had never before felt.

From Rivers of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Then again, what I have described as 'intrusive layers of blue ice' was a remarkable feature; one could imagine that these layers represent surfaces which have been transformed by regelation under hot sun and wind.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

I question, however, the statement, that regelation takes place by the freezing of a film of water between the fragments.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various

In fact, regelation will confer upon it all the appearance of viscosity.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

Although the effect of pressure is so small, it produces, as is well known, remarkable results in the motion of glaciers, the moulding and regelation of ice, and many other phenomena.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various