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FRAGMENT ICEBERG [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

A large piece of floating glacier ice, generally showing less than 5 m above sea level but more than 1 m and normally about 100 - 300 sq m [square metres] in area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

[...] bloc flottant de glace de glacier qui émerge généralement de 1 à 5 m et est long de 5 à 15 m.

OBS

Il a habituellement une superficie de 100 à 300 m2 [mètres carrés].

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

A smaller piece of ice than a bergy bit or floeberg, often transparent but appearing green or almost black in colour, extending less than 1 m above the sea surface and normally occupying an area of about 20 [m²].

CONT

Icebergs are classified somewhat arbitrarily according to size. ... Smaller pieces of land ice are called growlers and bergy bits. Often these smaller pieces have broken off, or calved, from larger icebergs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Bloc de glace, plus petit qu'un fragment d’iceberg, souvent transparent(mais paraissant vert ou presque noir), qui émerge de moins de 1 mètre et s’étend habituellement sur une superficie de 20 m² environ.

CONT

Les icebergs sont classés selon leur forme et leurs dimensions. [...] On appelle [...] bergy-bit (morceau d’iceberg) ou growler (bourguignon) les fragments d’iceberg de dimensions inférieures à celles d’une petite maison.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
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Record 3 1986-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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