congelifraction

Etymology
Coined by Kirk Bryan in 1946 in "Cryopedology—the study of frozen ground and intensive frost action with suggestions on nomenclature" in the American Journal of Science, volume 244, pages 622–642.

Noun

 * 1) the weathering of material through the repeated freezing and thawing of water.
 * 2) * 1960, Arthur T. Fernald, "Geomorphology of the Upper Kuskokwim region, Alaska", U.S. Geological Survey, Geological Survey Bulletin, issue 1071, page 215
 * The rubble is produced by intense frost riving, or congelifraction (Bryan, 1946, p. 640), of the bedrock.