| 单词 | ice push |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice push ice push n. lateral pressure exerted on a shore by a sheet of floating ice as it expands following changes in temperature; (also) = ice rampart n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > glaciation > [noun] > pressure exerted on shore by ice ice push1886 the world > the earth > water > ice > land ice > [noun] > rampart formed by pressure of ice on shore ice push1957 1886 Appletons' Ann. Cycl. 1885 442/2 Its [sc. Spectacle Reef Light] strength has been thoroughly tested by the ice push already. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. vii. 532 This sheet may then exert pressure on the shore, forcing gravel and stones landward and building an ice push or ice rampart. 1969 J. L. Davies Landforms Cold Climates iv. 63 Seasonally frozen lakes in the tundra and elsewhere may form ice-push ramparts around their edges. 2005 E. Kuusisto in M. Seppälä Physical Geogr. Fennoscandia (2008) xvi. 289 (caption) Ice push has deformed a pier on a lake shore in southern Finland. < as lemmas |
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