Bilingual glossary of geology
Dry-Based Glacier Glacier à base sèche
Glacier for which the temperature at the base of the ice is below the pressure melting point and where the ice is therefore frozen to the substrate over which it flows. The principal mechanism of glacier movement in dry-based glacier is plastic flow.
Themes:
Glaciers
Related words:
Wet-Based Glacier
Plastic Flow (Glacier)
Themes:
Glaciers
Related words:
Wet-Based Glacier
Plastic Flow (Glacier)