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• Glacier Rocheux — dans les monts Wrangell St Elias en Alaska. Un glacier rocheux est une masse de débris rocheux mélangés à de la glace se déplaçant à très faible vitesse (quelques centimètres à quelques mètres par an) sur un versant. Sur plusieurs milliers d… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Glacier rocheux — dans les monts Wrangell St Elias en Alaska. Un glacier rocheux est une masse de débris rocheux mélangés à de la glace se déplaçant à très faible vitesse (quelques centimètres à quelques mètres par an) sur un versant. Sur plusieurs milliers d… …   Wikipédia en Français

• 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

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• iceberg — /uys berrg/, n. 1. a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea. 2. Informal. an emotionally cold person. 3. Australian Informal. a person who swims or surfs regularly in winter. 4. tip of the iceberg, the first… …   Universalium

• Clearwater River (British Columbia) — Clearwater River and Osprey Falls at outlet of Clearwater Lake The Clearwater River is the largest tributary of the North Thompson River, joining it at the community of Clearwater, British Columbia. The Clearwater rises from glaciers in the… …   Wikipedia

• Clastic dike — Vertical clastic dike, filled with coarse basaltic sand, cuts lighter colored horizontal beds composed of finer grained material. Quarter for scale. A clastic dike is a seam of sedimentary material that fills a crack in and cuts across… …   Wikipedia

• outwash —    Stratified sand and gravel removed or washed out from a glacier by meltwater streams and deposited in front of or beyond the end moraine or the margin of an active glacier. The coarser material is deposited nearer to the ice [6] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry       The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …   Universalium

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