regelation

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It is this same principle of regelation which enables men to cross snow bridges in safety.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

The one refers it mainly to regelation; the other to a real viscosity of the ice.

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

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

I have already made the usual regelation experiment before you when I compressed broken ice in this mould.

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

But this theory of regelation, although unquestionably true, and although it exercises some influence on glacier motion, does not, in my opinion, alone account for it.

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