Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
Ice Capades — The Ice Capades was a traveling entertainment show featuring theatrical performances involving ice skating.Ice Capades was founded in 1940 in Hershey, Pennsylvania by John H. Harris, who noted the popularity of ice skating displays during the… … Wikipedia
dead ice — noun Former glacier ice that is not longer connected to the active glacier, therefore not moving anymore and getting covered with sediments. Syn: stagnant ice … Wiktionary
collapsed ice-walled lakebed — A lakebed that formed in a lake bounded by stagnant ice, but floored by solid ground, usually till. Collapse features are limited to the lakebed margins. Presently, these materials and sedimentary structures generally occur as roughly circular … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
dead-ice — (not recommended) use stagnant ice … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
glacial landform — ▪ geology Introduction any product of flowing ice and meltwater. Such landforms are being produced today in glaciated areas, such as Greenland, Antarctica, and many of the world s higher mountain ranges. In addition, large expansions of present… … Universalium
Glaciology — (from Middle French dialect (Franco Provençal): glace , ice ; or Latin: glacies , frost, ice ; and Greek: λόγος, logos , speech lit. to talk about ice ) is the study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.… … Wikipedia
Crevasse — is also a traditional term for a levee breach. Crossing a crevasse on the Easton Glacier, Mount Baker, in the North Cascades, Washington A crevasse is a deep crack in an ice sheet rhys glacier (as opposed to a crevice, which forms in rock).… … Wikipedia
Geology of the Grand Teton area — The geology of the Grand Teton area consists of some of the oldest rocks and one of the youngest mountain ranges in North America. The Teton Range, mostly located in Grand Teton National Park, started to grow some 9 million years ago. An older… … Wikipedia
Baltic Sea — a sea in N Europe, bounded by Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Germany. ab. 160,000 sq. mi. (414,000 sq. km). * * * Sea, northern Europe. An arm of the Atlantic Ocean, connecting with the North Sea, it is 1,056 mi … Universalium
glacial lake — a) A lake that derives much or all of its water from the melting of glacier ice, fed by meltwater, and lying outside the glacier margins (e.g., proglacial lake) or lying on a glacier (e.g., ice walled lake, ice floored lake) and due to… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
