Which risk increases within the pietra dura inlay of Mughal garden fountains during seasonal ground freezing?

💡 Explanation

Ice lens cracking worsens because freeze-thaw cycles introduce high stress as expanding ice crystals form within pores which causes fracturing, therefore, cracking risk of pietra dura increases, rather than fillers decomposing, because surrounding mechanical stresses are greater.

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