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GLACIAL FAN [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-02-25

English

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

Glacial fans are formed where melt water emerges as a stream at the face of a glacier and spreads out over adjacent plains. The deposit formed will be coarse in the upper reaches, grading to fine at the extremities of the fan, (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

Les cônes glaciaires sont formés lorsque l'eau de fonte donne naissance à un cours d'eau au pied du glacier, et qu'elle se perd dans les plaines environnantes. Le dépôt formé sera grossier en amont, et fin vers les extrémités du cône; (...)

Spanish

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