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Record 1 1992-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Rebord abrupt, en général vertical, du pied de glace, d'une banquette ou d'une plate-forme de glace. On distingue la micro-falaise (moins d'un mètre), la méso-falaise (entre 1 et 10 m), la macro-falaise (10 à 50 m) et la méga-falaise (plus de 50 m). Les grandes falaises des plates-formes de glace de l'Antarctique sont des méga-falaises.

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