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‖ felsenmeer Physical Geogr.|ˈfɛlzənmɪə(r)|
Pl. felsenmeere.
[G., lit. rock-sea.]
An expanse of angular frost-riven rocks which may develop on flat terrain in arctic and alpine climates; a boulder field.
1905Jrnl. Geol. XIII. 121 The lack of a commonly used English equivalent for the German word Felsenmeer. Ibid., The development of the Felsenmeer means a vast increase of rock surface on which frost, changes of temperature, and all the other chief methods of weathering..can act. 1954W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. v. 69 It is common to find at high altitudes accumulations of riven rocks known as felsenmeere. These boulder fields attest to the rapidity of the weathering processes at high altitudes. 1963A. N. Strahler Earth Sciences xxv. 455 The ground may be covered with large angular blocks of fresh rock in an accumulation known as a felsenmeer (literally, a rock sea), or boulder field. |