Moraine, the Glossary
A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.[1]
Table of Contents
48 relations: Ablation zone, Aerial photography, Andean Geology, Ansel Adams, Brüggen Glacier, Bulgaria, Canada, Earth-Science Reviews, Engadin, Frost weathering, Gerard De Geer, Glacier, Glacier terminus, Gold, Härjedalen, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Hummock, Ice sheet, Kame, Kaskawulsh Glacier, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Kvarken, Lake Garda, Landform, Magallanes Region, Murrain, Musala, Old and Young Drift, Patagonia, Placer deposit, Quaternary Science Reviews, Regolith, Rila, Rock (geology), Rock flour, Rocky Mountain National Park, Rogen (lake), Silt, Sorting (sediment), Stratum, Sweden, Terminal moraine, Tiger stripe camouflage, Till, Topography, Washboard (laundry), Washboard moraine, Yukon.
- Geographical terminology in mountaineering
- Moraines
Ablation zone
Ablation zone or ablation area refers to the low-altitude area of a glacier or ice sheet below firn with a net loss in ice mass due to melting, sublimation, evaporation, ice calving, aeolian processes like blowing snow, avalanche, and any other ablation. Moraine and ablation zone are glaciology.
Aerial photography
Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms.
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Andean Geology
Andean Geology (formerly Revista Geológica de Chile) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published three times per year by the National Geology and Mining Service, Chile's geology and mining agency.
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Ansel Adams
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West.
Brüggen Glacier
Brüggen Glacier, also known as Pío XI Glacier, is in southern Chile and is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Earth-Science Reviews
Earth-Science Reviews is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier.
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Engadin
The Engadin or Engadine (help;This is the name in the two Romansh idioms that are spoken in the Engadin, Vallader and Puter, as well as in Sursilvan and Rumantsch Grischun. In Surmiran, the name is Nagiadegna, and in Sutsilvan, it is Gidegna. help; Engadina; Engadine) is a long high Alpine valley region in the eastern Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden in southeasternmost Switzerland with about 25,000 inhabitants.
Frost weathering
Frost weathering is a collective term for several mechanical weathering processes induced by stresses created by the freezing of water into ice.
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Gerard De Geer
Baron Gerard Jacob De Geer (20 November 1858 – 24 July 1943) was a Swedish geologist who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology, particularly geomorphology and geochronology.
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Glacier
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. Moraine and glacier are glaciology.
Glacier terminus
A glacier terminus, toe, or snout, is the end of a glacier at any given point in time.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
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Härjedalen
Härjedalen is a historical province (landskap) in the centre of Sweden.
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
Horace Bénédict de Saussure (17 February 1740 – 22 January 1799) was a Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer, often called the founder of alpinism and modern meteorology, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.
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Hummock
In geology, a hummock is a small knoll or mound above ground.
Ice sheet
In glaciology, an ice sheet, also known as a continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than. Moraine and ice sheet are glaciology.
Kame
A kame, or knob, is a glacial landform, an irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sand, gravel and till that accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land surface with further melting of the glacier. Moraine and kame are glaciology.
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Kaskawulsh Glacier
The Kaskawulsh Glacier is a vast, temperate valley glacier nestled in the St. Elias Mountains, within Kluane National Park in the Canadian territory of Yukon.
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Kluane National Park and Reserve
Kluane National Park and Reserve (Parc national et réserve de parc national de Kluane) are two protected areas in the southwest corner of the territory of Yukon.
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Kvarken
Kvarken (Kvarken, Norra Kvarken (as opposed to South Kvarken)) is the narrow region of the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea.
Lake Garda
Lake Garda (Lago di Garda,, or (Lago) Benaco,; Lach de Garda; Ƚago de Garda) is the largest lake in Italy.
Landform
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body.
Magallanes Region
The Magallanes Region, officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.
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Murrain
Murrain (also known as distemper) is an antiquated term for various infectious diseases affecting cattle and sheep.
Musala
Musala (Мусала); from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish: from Musalla, "near God" or "place for prayer" is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at.
Old and Young Drift
Old and Young Drift are geographic names given to the morainic landscapes that were formed in Central Europe; the Old Drift during the older ice ages and the Young Drift during the latest glaciations – the Weichselian in North Germany and the Würm in the Alps. Moraine and old and Young Drift are glacial landforms.
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Patagonia
Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
Placer deposit
In geology, a placer deposit or placer is an accumulation of valuable minerals formed by gravity separation from a specific source rock during sedimentary processes.
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Quaternary Science Reviews
Quaternary Science Reviews is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering quaternary science.
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Regolith
Regolith is a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock. Moraine and Regolith are geomorphology.
Rila
Rila (Рила) is the highest mountain range of Bulgaria, the Balkan Peninsula, and Southeast Europe.
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Rock (geology)
In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.
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Rock flour
Rock flour, or glacial flour, consists of fine-grained, silt-sized particles of rock, generated by mechanical grinding of bedrock by glacial erosion or by artificial grinding to a similar size. Moraine and rock flour are glaciology.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
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Rogen (lake)
Rogen (Swedish and Norwegian) or Rovje (Southern Sami) is a lake on the border of Sweden and Norway.
Silt
Silt is granular material of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz. Moraine and Silt are sediments.
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Sorting (sediment)
Sorting describes the distribution of grain size of sediments, either in unconsolidated deposits or in sedimentary rocks.
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Stratum
In geology and related fields, a stratum (strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as either bedding surfaces or bedding planes.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Terminal moraine
A terminal moraine, also called an end moraine, is a type of moraine that forms at the terminal (edge) of a glacier, marking its maximum advance. Moraine and terminal moraine are moraines.
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Tiger stripe camouflage
Tiger stripe is the name of a group of camouflage patterns developed for close-range use in dense jungle during jungle warfare by the South Vietnamese Armed Forces and adopted in late 1962 to early 1963 by US Special Forces during the Vietnam War.
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Till
Closeup of glacial till. Note that the larger grains (pebbles and gravel) in the till are completely surrounded by the matrix of finer material (silt and sand), and this characteristic, known as ''matrix support'', is diagnostic of till. Glacial till with tufts of grass Till or glacial till is unsorted glacial sediment. Moraine and till are glaciology and sediments.
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Topography
Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. Moraine and Topography are geomorphology.
Washboard (laundry)
A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing.
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Washboard moraine
A washboard moraine, also known as minor or corrugated moraine, is a geomorphic feature caused by glaciers. Moraine and washboard moraine are glaciology, moraines and sediments.
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Yukon
Yukon (formerly called the Yukon Territory and referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories.
See also
Geographical terminology in mountaineering
- Arête
- Bergschrund
- Cirque
- Couloir
- Crevasse
- Elevation
- Gendarme (mountaineering)
- Jut (topography)
- Moraine
- Randkluft
- Schrofen
- Snow cornice
- Steig
Moraines
- Moraine
- Moraine Fjord
- Moraine-dammed lake
- Pulju moraine
- Push moraine
- Rogen moraine
- Terminal moraine
- Veiki moraine
- Washboard moraine
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine
Also known as Ablation moraine, Glacial Drift, Glacial debris, Glacial moraine, Glacial moraines, Ground moraine, Ground moraines, Lateral moraine, Lateral moraines, Medial moraine, Medial moraines, Morainal, Moraine stripe, Moraines, Morainic, Morainic drift, Morainic gravel, Morraine, Recessional moraine, Recessional moraines, Supraglacial moraine.