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FORBES BAND [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-10-26
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Glaciology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Forbes band
1, record 1, English, Forbes%20band
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Forbes ogive 2, record 1, English, Forbes%20ogive
correct
- band ogive 3, record 1, English, band%20ogive
correct
- dirt band 4, record 1, English, dirt%20band
former designation, correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[One of a group of] alternating bands of dirty and clean ice below an ice fall within a glacier, formed by summer and winter movement over the ice fall. 5, record 1, English, - Forbes%20band
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A type of band described by James D. Forbes(1809-1868), English physicist, who originally named it a "dirt band. " 2, record 1, English, - Forbes%20band
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Forbes was ... the first to recognize the annual dirt bands that mark glaciers below ice falls. These bands are commonly called "ogives," but are more properly named "Forbes bands" ... 4, record 1, English, - Forbes%20band
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Glaciologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- bande de Forbes
1, record 1, French, bande%20de%20Forbes
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- ogive de Forbes 2, record 1, French, ogive%20de%20Forbes
correct, feminine noun
- chevron 3, record 1, French, chevron
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Différenciation à la surface du glacier, à l'aval des grandes chutes de glace, de bandes paraboliques annuelles à convexité tournée vers l'aval, elles combinent une disposition en vagues transversales avec une alternance de colorations claire et foncée. 2, record 1, French, - bande%20de%20Forbes
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les bandes de Forbes ou ogives sont des bandes annuelles, bleues ou sombres, à la surface d'un glacier. Elles sont liées à la chute de séracs. La glace est zébrée de bandes alternativement bleutées (claire en hiver) ou grises (en été, dues aux poussières) qui se déforment progressivement en ogives ou chevrons. La chute de séracs est une condition essentielle mais toutes les chutes ne donnent pas forcément des bandes de Forbes. 1, record 1, French, - bande%20de%20Forbes
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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