| 单词 | ice-contact slope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice-contact slope ice contact n. Geology a surface or deposit that was originally formed in contact with a body of ice; usually attributive, esp. in ice-contact slope. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [noun] > glacial trail1866 valley train1892 sandr1893 ice contact1896 postglacial1928 boulder-train1967 1896 Amer. Geologist 18 152 The tracing on the ground of the ice-contacts shows that other morainal belts come into the region about Wickford from the southeast. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 438/2 Ice contact deposits outline the holes and tunnels in the last wasting of the basal ice. 1970 C. A. Lewis Glaciations Wales ii. 29 The fresh ice-contact slopes (15°–20°) and re~entrant features noted on the inner flanks of the Cors Geirch terraces are present also on their eastern side. 2002 J. Maizels in J. Menzies Mod. & Past Glacial Environments ix. 288 Meltwater is likely to become ponded behind the ice-contact slope of the fan. < as lemmas |
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