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PILED-UP ICE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

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

Ice topography that occurs when wind forces ice cakes or ice floes to override one another.

CONT

Openings in the ice cover create areas of open water that produce the most ice growth, the most turbulent heat flux to the atmosphere, and the most salt flux to the ocean. Ridged ice and rafted ice are produced during a closing event.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

glace en piles : Banquise déformée grâce au chevauchement de deux morceaux de glace ou de l'entassement chaotique en crête de morceaux de glace.

CONT

Les ouvertures créent des zones d'eau libre qui sont un siège important de formation de la glace, et qui produisent les flux thermiques les plus turbulents vers l'atmosphère et le plus de flux salins vers l'océan. Les glaces tourmentées et empilées sont produites lors des phénomènes de fermeture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Tipo de hielo deformado que se forma por pasaje de un trozo sobre otro.

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