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STRIE GLACIAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-12-20

English

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

One of a series of long, delicate, finely cut, usually straight and parallel furrows or lines inscribed on a bedrock surface by the rasping and rubbing of rock fragments embedded at the base of a moving glacier, and usually oriented in the direction of ice movement; also formed on the rock fragments transported by the ice.

OBS

These terms are mostly used in plural. Plural of stria = striae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Incision longue (quelques dm à plusieurs m) et étroite (quelques mm) dans la roche du lit glaciaire, ou dans les blocs et les cailloux morainiques; elle est due au frottement d'une particule plus dure enchâssée dans la glace en mouvement.

Spanish

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