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Noun: Taber ice
  1. Ice films, seams, lenses, rods, or layers generally 0.04 to 6 inches (1 to 150 millimetres) thick that grow in permafrost by drawing in water as the ground freezes
    "Researchers studied the Taber ice patterns in the Arctic permafrost";
    - segregated ice

Type of: ice, water ice