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KRYOCONITE HOLE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

A cylindrical depression containing cryoconite that absorbs solar radiation, thus causing the melting of the neighboring glacier ice.

Key term(s)
  • kryoconite hole
  • kryokonite hole

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

[...] trou circulaire et vertical, de diamètre variable, ayant une profondeur très uniforme [dont] le fond est rempli d'une substance noirâtre, la cryoconite [...]

Spanish

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