glacial ice
71ice-cold — adj. as cold as ice; extremely cold. Syn: arctic, freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, polar. [WordNet 1.5] …
72Glacial polish — is a characteristic of rock surfaces where glaciers have passed over bedrock, typically granite or other hard igneous or metamorphic rock. Moving ice will carry pebbles and sand grains removed from upper levels which in turn grind a smooth or… …
73ice-cold — [adj] very cold algid, arctic, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, brumal, chill, cutting, freezing, frozen, gelid, glacial, icy, piercing, polar, raw, Siberian, sub zero, wintry; concepts 605,606 Ant. burning hot, hot, warm …
74glacial epoch — ice age, period in history when glaciers covered most of the surface of the earth …
75glacial period — ice age, time when the earth was covered with glaciers …
76Ice Age — glacial period which occurred during the Pleistocene epoch …
77glacial landform — ▪ geology Introduction any product of flowing ice and meltwater. Such landforms are being produced today in glaciated areas, such as Greenland, Antarctica, and many of the world s higher mountain ranges. In addition, large expansions of present… …
78Glacial lake outburst flood — A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) can occur when a lake contained by a glacier (called Jökulhlaup if it was a subglacial lake, marginal lake drainage if it was dammed between ice and the ground) or a terminal moraine dam fails. This can happen …
79Glacial Lake Missoula — Wave cut strandlines cut into the slope at left in photo. These cuts record former high water lines, or shorelines. Gullies above the highway are the result of modern day erosion. (NPS Photo) …
80Glacial period — A glacial period is an interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate within an ice age. The last glacial period ended about 10,000 to …
