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EPANDAGE PIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 1991-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Outwash with pits or kettles, produced by the partial or complete burial of glacial ice by outwash and the subsequent thaw of the ice and collapse of the surficial materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Dépôt d'épandage dont la surface est criblée de dépressions dues à l'affaissement des matériaux de surface après la fonte des blocs de glace qui avaient été enterrés ou recouverts.

CONT

Là où les blocs de glace ont été enterrés par l'épandage, ils donneront, une fois fondus, une surface criblée de dépressions appelée épandage piqué

Spanish

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