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Record 1 2012-04-12

English

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

A floating sheet of ice attached to an embayment in the coast.

OBS

It is nourished by snow falling onto its surface and by land-based glaciers discharging into it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Partie flottante d'un front glaciaire alimenté par la progression en mer d'un glacier par l'accumulation de la neige et le gel de l'eau de mer.

CONT

La plate-forme flottante de Ross.

OBS

plates-formes, plateformes : pluriel.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plateforme flottante
  • plateforme de glace

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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