英语词汇“terminal moraine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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terminal moraine

terminal moraine n. Geology a moraine marking the furthest limit of advance of a glacier or ice sheet (cf. lateral moraine n. at lateral adj. and n. Compounds).

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1840 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 16 348 I have seen no kind of deposit now in progress precisely similar in character to the till, except one, namely, the terminal moraines of glaciers.

1971 J. Blish Star Trek 4 9 He also knew, geologically, where they were; in a terminal moraine, the rock-tumble pushed ahead of itself by an advancing glacier.

2010 A. Goudie & H. Viles Landscapes & Geomorphol. ii. 17 Once a glacier starts to retreat, it loses the energy to carry this debris and deposits it as what geomorphologists call a ‘terminal moraine’.

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单词	terminal moraine
释义	> as lemmas terminal moraine terminal moraine n. Geology a moraine marking the furthest limit of advance of a glacier or ice sheet (cf. lateral moraine n. at lateral adj. and n. Compounds). ΚΠ 1840 London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 16 348 I have seen no kind of deposit now in progress precisely similar in character to the till, except one, namely, the terminal moraines of glaciers. 1971 J. Blish Star Trek 4 9 He also knew, geologically, where they were; in a terminal moraine, the rock-tumble pushed ahead of itself by an advancing glacier. 2010 A. Goudie & H. Viles Landscapes & Geomorphol. ii. 17 Once a glacier starts to retreat, it loses the energy to carry this debris and deposits it as what geomorphologists call a ‘terminal moraine’. extracted from terminaladj.n. < as lemmas
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