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GLACE FLOTTANTE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2007-04-26
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Glaciology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- floating ice
1, record 1, English, floating%20ice
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Any form of ice floating in water, including ice that is stranded or grounded and ice formed on land but drifting in the sea. 2, record 1, English, - floating%20ice
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Floating ice sediment. 3, record 1, English, - floating%20ice
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Glaciologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- glace flottante
1, record 1, French, glace%20flottante
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Toute glace qui flotte, mais non forcément à la dérive. 2, record 1, French, - glace%20flottante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les glaces flottantes se rencontrent dans tous les milieux et exercent une action morpho-sédimentologique importante (Dionne, 1970). 2, record 1, French, - glace%20flottante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
glace flottante : terme souvent utilisé au pluriel (glaces flottantes). 3, record 1, French, - glace%20flottante
Record 1, Key term(s)
- glaces flottantes
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Glaciología
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- hielo flotante
1, record 1, Spanish, hielo%20flotante
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Cualquier forma de hielo que se encuentra flotando en el agua. 1, record 1, Spanish, - hielo%20flotante
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Las principales clases de hielo flotante son hielo lacustre, hielo fluvial y hielo marino, que se forman por la congelación del agua en la superficie; y hielo glaciar (hielo de origen terrestre) formado sobre tierra o en una barrera de hielo. El concepto incluye hielo encallado o varado. 1, record 1, Spanish, - hielo%20flotante
Record 2 - internal organization data 2003-08-27
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Glaciology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- drift ice
1, record 2, English, drift%20ice
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- drifting ice 2, record 2, English, drifting%20ice
correct
- drifts of ice 3, record 2, English, drifts%20of%20ice
plural
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Any ice that has been broken apart and drifted from its place of origin by winds and currents ... 1, record 2, English, - drift%20ice
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Børge Ousland, a Norwegian explorer and deep-sea diver by profession, ... would have to conquer more than 600 miles of drifting ice on the open sea, fighting the severe cold and other inhospitable conditions, and navigate through pressure ridges formed by huge colliding blocks of ice ... 4, record 2, English, - drift%20ice
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
drifts of ice: term rarely used in the singular (drift of ice). 5, record 2, English, - drift%20ice
Record 2, Key term(s)
- drift of ice
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Glaciologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- glaces à la dérive
1, record 2, French, glaces%20%C3%A0%20la%20d%C3%A9rive
correct, feminine noun, plural
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- glaces en dérive 2, record 2, French, glaces%20en%20d%C3%A9rive
feminine noun, plural
- glaces de dérive 3, record 2, French, glaces%20de%20d%C3%A9rive
feminine noun, plural
- glaces flottantes 4, record 2, French, glaces%20flottantes
feminine noun, plural
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Glaces flottantes en mouvement ou échouées momentanément. 3, record 2, French, - glaces%20%C3%A0%20la%20d%C3%A9rive
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
glaces flottantes; glaces en dérive; glaces à la dérive; glaces de dérive : termes rarement utilisés au singulier (glace flottante; glace à la dérive; glace en dérive; glace de dérive). 5, record 2, French, - glaces%20%C3%A0%20la%20d%C3%A9rive
Record 2, Key term(s)
- glace flottante
- glace de dérive
- glace en dérive
- glace à la dérive
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Glaciología
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- témpano
1, record 2, Spanish, t%C3%A9mpano
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Bloque de hielo flotante. 1, record 2, Spanish, - t%C3%A9mpano
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