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FRONT GLACIAIRE RETRAIT [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-07-20

English

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

An end moraine formed during a temporary halt in the final retreat of a glacier.

OBS

"Recessional moraine," a more general term, is also used as a synonym of "stadial moraine."

Key term(s)
  • stadial moraine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

[...] moraine frontale ou moraine latérale qui a été déposée lors d’une pause temporaire du glacier durant le retrait général des glaces.

OBS

[Les moraines de retrait] représentent la limite d’avancée du lobe glaciaire principal ou une position d’arrêt temporaire du front glaciaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-15

English

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

[A] channel cut by a meltwater stream flowing along the margin of a glacier.

OBS

Depending on its relationship to modern drainage patterns, a particular ice-marginal channel may or may not contain a modern stream.

Key term(s)
  • ice marginal valley

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Grande vallée parallèle au retrait du front de l'inlandsis, souvent disposée en groupes coalescents qui correspondent aux stades du recul glaciaire.

OBS

proglaciaire : Qualifie un phénomène ou une action distaux, situés au-delà et sous la marge ou à la base du front glaciaire sans lui toucher.

OBS

pradolina : terme d’origine polonaise; urstromtal : terme d’origine allemande.

Spanish

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

Lecho excavado por la corriente de los cursos de agua formados por las aguas de fusión en el frente de los glaciares o en la margen de la zona de ablación.

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Record 3 2009-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
DEF

The recession of the front of a glacier.

CONT

De Geer moraines in north-central Ontario are associated with backwasting of the Windigo Lobe.

OBS

Example taken from the Decade of North American Geology, Volume 1, chapter 9.

OBS

backwasting: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
OBS

recul du front glaciaire : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie

Spanish

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