salt glacier

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• Salt glacier — A salt glacier is a flow of salt (typically halite) that is created when a rising diapir in a salt dome breaches the surface, much like toothpaste from a tube. Gravity causes the salt to flow like glaciers into adjacent valleys. Most of the flow… …   Wikipedia

• Salt dome — A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when a thick bed of evaporite minerals (mainly salt, or halite) found at depth intrudes vertically into surrounding rock strata, forming a diapir.The salt that forms these domes was deposited within …   Wikipedia

• Glacier growing — Glacier growing, or glacier grafting, [Khan, S. (2005): Glacier Grafting , The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme 16, Skardu, Pakistan] is a practice native to the Northern Areas of Pakistan aimed at creating new glaciers. In order to encourage the …   Wikipedia

• Glacier National Park (U.S.) — Infobox protected area | name = Glacier National Park iucn category = II caption = locator x = 67 locator y = 17 location = Flathead County Glacier County, flagicon|Montana Montana, USA nearest city = Kalispell lat degrees = 48 lat minutes = 48… …   Wikipedia

• Glacier Park International Airport — Infobox Airport name = Glacier Park International Airport image width = 150 caption = FAA airport diagram IATA = FCA ICAO = KGPI FAA = GPI type = Public owner = Flathead Municipal Airport Authority operator = city served = Kalispell, Montana… …   Wikipedia

• Fortuna Glacier — is a tidewater glacier at the mouth of Cumberland Bay on the island of South Georgia. It flows in a northeast direction to its terminus just west of Cape Best, with an eastern distributary almost reaching the west side of Fortuna Bay, on the… …   Wikipedia

• Drang-drung Glacier — The Drang Drung Glacier The Drang Drung Glacier is the largest glacier in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, situated near the Pensi La. The Stod River originates from this glacier …   Wikipedia

• Sal — Para otros usos de este término, véase sal (desambiguación). «La Sal» redirige aquí. Para otras acepciones, véase La Sal (desambiguación). La sal común, conocida popularmente como sal corresponde a la sal denominada cloruro sódico (o cloruro de… …   Wikipedia Español

• Salzgletscher — (dunkle Bereiche) im Zagros, Iran Salzgletscher sind bis zur Erdoberfläche aufdringende und dort langsam bergab fließende Salzmassen (in der Regel aus Steinsalz bzw. Halit). Sie entstehen, wenn aufsteigende Salzstöcke bzw. Salz Diapire ihr… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Dosewallips State Park — Salt marsh shoreline in winter, Dosewallips State Park Dosewallips State Park in Jefferson County, Washington is one of the Washington State Parks.[1] It consists of 425 acres (172 ha) with 5,500 feet (1,700 m) of saltwater shoreline on …   Wikipedia

• 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