glaciology
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- Dead iceGlacial ice which is no longer moving
- Ice segregationGeological phenomenon
- Ice volcanoWave-driven mound of ice formed on terrestrial lakes
- TillUnsorted glacial sediment
- Glacial periodGeological Era
- RaetLargest terminal moraine in Scandinavia
- Moraine-dammed lakeType of lake formed by glaciation
- Plucking (glaciation)Glacial erosion of bedrock
- Ice segregationGeological phenomenon
- Ice volcanoWave-driven mound of ice formed on terrestrial lakes
- OverdeepeningCharacteristic of basins and valleys eroded by glaciers
- Wolstonian StageGlacial Period in Britain c,352,000 - c130,000
- Frost lineDepth groundwater in soil is expected to freeze
- Ice lensIce within soil or rock
- Basal slidingMovement of a glacier over its underlying meltwater
- DropstoneRock fragments found within host rock
- Giant's kettleHole drilled in the rock by Eddy currents of water bearing gravel
- Basal slidingMovement of a glacier over its underlying meltwater
- DropstoneRock fragments found within host rock
- Dead iceGlacial ice which is no longer moving
- Penitente (snow formation)Field of regularly spaced ice formations formed by sublimation at high altitudes
- RaetLargest terminal moraine in Scandinavia
- Glacial motionGeological phenomenon
- Glacier mass balanceDifference between accumulation and melting on a glacier
- Dead iceGlacial ice which is no longer moving
- Glacial periodGeological Era
- Rock glacierGlacial landform
- Rock glacierGlacial landform
- RaetLargest terminal moraine in Scandinavia
- Basal slidingMovement of a glacier over its underlying meltwater
- DropstoneRock fragments found within host rock
- Cyclopean stairsLongitudinal profile of a glaciated valley that has several consecutive hanging valleys
- CrevasseDeep crack, or fracture, in an ice sheet or glacier
- Rock flourGlacier-generated sediment
- Radioglaciology
- Hirnantian glaciationGlaciation 450 million to 420 million years ago
- DeglaciationTransition from full glacial conditions during ice ages to warm interglacial conditions
- GlaciologyScientific study of ice and natural phenomena involving ice
- Glacial periodGeological Era
- Shelf iceIce formed on a lake and washed up on the shore
- Starvation (glaciology)When a glacier retreats due to extremely low amounts of precipitation
- Glacier ice accumulationnone
- Ice segregationGeological phenomenon
- Ice volcanoWave-driven mound of ice formed on terrestrial lakes
- Suncup (snow)Bowl-shaped open depressions into a snow surface
- Rock glacierGlacial landform
- Surge (glacier)Event where a glacier can advance substantially
- Basal slidingMovement of a glacier over its underlying meltwater
- DropstoneRock fragments found within host rock
- Wolstonian StageGlacial Period in Britain c,352,000 - c130,000