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Ice rind Floating ice, less than 5 centimetres thick, which forms on a calm freshwater surface. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice rise A usually dome-shaped mass of ice resting on rock and surrounded either by an ice shelf, or partly by an ice shelf and partly by the sea. No rock is exposed. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice rise Mass of ice, often dome shaped, resting on rock and surrounded either by an ice shelf, or partly by an ice shelf and partly by sea; no rock is exposed and there may be none above sea-level. For some f eatures, properly ice rises, the term island has become established through usage. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice rise A mass of ice resting on rock and surrounded either by an ice shelf, or partly by an ice shelf and partly by sea. No rock is exposed and there may be none above sea level. Ice rises often have a dome- shaped surface. The largest known is about 100 km across. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice rise An area of grounded ice surrounded or almost surrounded by shelf ice or the ice of a floating tongue. Currently the largest ice rise, with an area of 44 000 km2, is Berkner Island in the Ronne-Filchne r Ice Shelf. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice rise A mass of ice resting on rock and surrounded either by an ice shelf, or partly by an ice shelf and partly by sea; no rock is exposed and there may be none above sea level; ice rises often have a dome- shaped surface; the largest known is about 100 kilometers (62 miles) across. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice rumple Locally grounded area of ice shelf which is over-ridden by an ice sheet and distinguished by crevassing together with a rise in the surface, cf. ice rise. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice rumple A small ice rise, generally of irregular outline, or a group of small ice rises. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice run Movement of ice or slush ice with the current of a stream. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice run In hydrologic terms, flow of ice in a river. An ice run may be light or heavy, and may consist of frazil, anchor, slush, or sheet ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice run Movement of ice or slush ice with the current of a stream, particularly in the initial stage in the spring or summer breakup of river ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice run Flow of ice in a river. An ice run may be light or heavy, and may consist of frazil, anchor, slush, or sheet ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ices No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Ices No definition provided Ryan McGranaghan 2023.04.16
Ices No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Ice saints St. Mamertus, St. Pancras, and St. Savertius or St. Gervais, whose feast-days fall on 11, 12, and 13 May, respectively. These days are associated with May frosts in the folklore of a large part of Eur ope. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice saints Name given by popular tradition, in a large part of Europe, to certain Saints (Mamertus, Pancras, etc.) whose feast days, in the first fortnight of May, are said to be often accompanied by a temporary lowering of temperature and sometimes by late frosts. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice segregation The formation of discrete layers or lenses of segregated ice in freezing mineral or organic soils, as a result of the migration (and subsequent freezing) of pore water. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice segregation The formation of discrete layers or lenses of segregated ice in freezing mineral or organic soils, as a result of the migration (and subsequent freezing) of pore water GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice segregation The formation of discrete layers or lenses of Segregated Ice in freezing mineral or organic soils, as a result of the migration (and subsequent freezing) of pore water. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
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