A compact layer of ice cake and small ice cake formed as a result of repeated hummocking and rafting. In the coastal zone and near the fast ice boundary, the windrow thickness can achieve 10-20 m. In
some cases it extends down to the bottom. Windrow presents a serious obstacle for shipping.
The entrainment and removal of surface snow by the wind. The resulting windborne snow may be re-deposited elsewhere in more sheltered parts of the glacier surface, or may be transported off the glacie
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A type of snow crust; a patch of hard-packed snow that is packed as it is deposited in favored spots by the wind (in contrast to wind crust, which is packed after deposition). Wind slabs can be quite
rigid, but they adhere poorly to the underlying snow and hence may be readily dislodged, causing an avalanche.