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TONGUE ICE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-18

English

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

An extension of a glacier or ice stream projecting seaward, usually afloat.

CONT

The flow of an alpine glacier into a valley, causes the glacier to rapidly advance producing a swollen tongue of ice at the glacier's snout, known as the lobe.

OBS

tongue of ice: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Extension d'un glacier, en aval du névé.

CONT

La langue [...] de glacier [est une] extension de l'inlandsis sous forme d'un lobe allongé qui descend une vallée par gravité ou par sa propre plasticité; elle sculpte la vallée souvent en U et la prolonge en fjord dans la mer.

OBS

Dans l'Antarctique, les langues de glacier peuvent atteindre plusieurs dizaines de kilomètres.

OBS

langue glaciaire : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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