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Term: Pressure ridge
Definition: Process that occurs when wind, ocean currents, and other forces push sea ice around into piles that rise and form small mountains above the level sea ice surface; ridges are initially thin and transparent with very sharp edges from blocks of ice piling up; also see keels.  NSIDCCryosphere 

1. See ridge. 2. A ridge of ice, up to 35 m (100 ft) high and sometimes several kilometers long, in pressure ice.  AMSglossary 

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Term: Pressure ridge
Definition: Process that occurs when wind, ocean currents, and other forces push sea ice around into piles that rise and form small mountains above the level sea ice surface; ridges are initially thin and transparent with very sharp edges from blocks of ice piling up; also see keels.
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Last Modified 2023.03.27
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Term: Pressure ridge
Definition: 1. See ridge. 2. A ridge of ice, up to 35 m (100 ft) high and sometimes several kilometers long, in pressure ice.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
Contributed by GCW Glossary
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