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IN frozen soils water movement towards an ice front can occur, leading to the formation of ice lenses, frost heaving and damage to roads and other structures. During the past decades many attempts have been made to explain the transport phenomena involved, fundamental contributions being made by Everett1 and Takagi2, among others. We present here experimental results on the influence of pressure on ice growth; they accord with thermodynamic theory.
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BIERMANS, M., DIJKEMA, K. & DE VRIES, D. Water movement in porous media towards an ice front. Nature 264, 166–167 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264166a0
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