Bilingual glossary of geology


   Glaciers

Ablation Zone
Accumulation Zone
Basal Slip
Calving
Chatter Marks
Continental Glacier
Deposit (Sedimentary)
Drift
Drumlin
Dry-Based Glacier
Esker
Firn
Fjord
Furrow (syn.: Glacial Groove)
Glacial Budget
Glacial Deposit
Glacial Equilibrium Line
Glacial Erosion
Glacial Erratic
Glacial Groove
Glacial Outwash
Glacial Period (syn.: Ice Age, Glacial Epoch)
Glaciation
Gravel
Ice Cap
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Iceberg
Icefield
Interglacial
Isostasy (Principle of)
Isostatic Adjustment
Laminar Flow
Plastic Flow (Glacier)
Rat-Tail
Striation
Subsidence
Till
Turbulent Flow
Uplift (isostatic)
Valley Glacier (syn.: Alpine Glacier)
Varve
Viscosity
Wet-Based Glacier


GEO1515 - Introduction aux matériaux terrestres
GEO1115 - Introduction to Earth Materials

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