You likely heard it is due to the "freeze/thaw process", which is true, but that process drives what is called Frost Wedging. Frost wedging is a process that sort of gives water the superpower of ...

Winter can be a rough time for our roads as we undergo a process known as frost wedging. Frost wedging is confined to regions which experience freezing temperatures which of course means it ...

Disintegration in rocks may occur in several ways, one of which is called frost wedging. Frost wedging is confined to regions that experience freezing temperatures, which, of course, means it ...

The uplift of the Colorado Plateau continues to raise these rocks' elevation, exposing them to below-freezing temperatures (and therefore frost wedging) for more than half the year. As a result ...

Also know as frost shattering, frost wedging or congelifraction, gelifraction is the mechanical fracturing of rock caused by repeated freezing and thawing cycles. Also know as frost shattering, frost ...