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What is a frazil?

What is a frazil? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Canada) A collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water.
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Contaminant fluxes associated with the process of frazil ice formation in the Kara sea are much smaller than worst-case estimates.
The second has the frazil ice model embedded in a commonly used sub-ice shelf ocean circulation model, which is then applied to a simple ice shelf-ocean model domain.
Thicker, soupy accumulations of frazil ice which are often herded by wind action are termed grease ice.
Tha frazil ice layer grows in all directions, and it finally bridges over the spaces between bars.
Grease ice is a later stage of freezing than frazil ice when the crystals have coagulated to form a soupy layer on the surface.
As the slush moves into a flatter, slower moving portion of the stream, the frazil will accumulate under the ice cover.

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