 | Term | Definition |
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Soft Water |
Water with low concentrations of calcite. |
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Travertine |
A substance that forms around the edges of a spring. |
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Hard Water |
Water with high concentrations of calcite. |
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Crevasse |
In a glacier, a large crack or fissure that results from ice movement. |
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Snowline |
The elevation above which ice and snow remain throughout the year. |
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Basal Slip |
The process that causes the ice at the base of a glacier to melt and the glacier to slide. |
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Glacier |
A large mass of moving ice. |
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Firn |
Cycles of partial melting and refreezing change the snow into grainy ice. |
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Snowfield |
At high elevations and in polar regions, snow may remain on the ground all year and form an almost motionless mass of permanent snow and ice. |
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internal plastic flow |
The process by which glaciers flow slowly as grains of ice deform under pressure and slide over each other. |
