Earth’s Cryosphere, 2018, Vol. XXII, No. 1, p. 19-24
WATER CRYSTALLIZATION UPON FREEZING OF SOILS
V.N. Golubev1, A.V. Vlakhova2, G.A. Rzhanitsin1, I.V. Semyonova3
1 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, 1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia; golubev@geol.msu.ru
2 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, 1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia
3 Research and Production Association “Typhoon”, 4, Pobedy str., Obninsk, Kaluga region, 249030, Russia
Changes in the amount of unfrozen water remaining in frozen porous wet soils are estimated theoretically for two possible cases of ice nucleation: within bulk pore water and on the surface of mineral particles. The process in the latter case is considered with regard to the composition, physical properties, and surface roughness of soil particles.
Soils, mineral particles, surface roughness, water supercooling