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1Ice age — An ice age is a period of long term reduction in the temperature of the Earth s surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Glaciologically, ice age is often used to mean a… …
2ice in lakes and rivers — Introduction a sheet or stretch of ice forming on the surface of lakes and rivers when the temperature drops below freezing (0° C [32° F]). The nature of the ice formations may be as simple as a floating layer that gradually thickens, or it …
3Ice resurfacer — An ice resurfacer is a truck like vehicle used to clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink, originally developed by Frank J. Zamboni in 1949 in the city of Paramount, California. Frank J. Zamboni Co, Inc. and other companies manufacture ice… …
4Ice sheet dynamics — describe the motion within large bodies of ice, such those currently on Greenland and Antarctica. Ice motion is dominated by the movement of glaciers, whose gravity driven activity is controlled by two main variable factors: the temperature and… …
5Stream terrace — Stream terraces are relict features, such as floodplains, from periods when a stream was flowing at a higher elevation and has downcut to a lower elevation. Stream terraces often appear as plateaus on existing valley walls and indicate earlier… …
6Ice — This article is about water ice. For the broader concept of ices as used in the planetary sciences, see volatiles. For other uses, see Ice (disambiguation) …
7Ice sheet — An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km² (20,000 mile²). [cite web|url=http://gemini.oscs.montana.edu/ geol445/hyperglac/glossary.htm|accessdate=2006 08 22|title=Glossary of Important… …
8Ice storm of December 2005 — The Ice storm of December 2005 was a damaging winter storm that produced extensive ice damage in a large portion of the Southern United States on December 14 16, 2005 while extensive snows were reported across portions of the Canadian provinces… …
9Gulf Stream — The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico, exits through the Strait of Florida, and follows the… …
10Erebus Ice Tongue — (1901 1904) named and charted the ice tongue. [ [http://aadc maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display name.cfm?gaz id=124864 Australian Antarctic Data Centre] , Antarctic Gazetteer Name Details.] Erebus Ice Tongue is about 10 meters high and is centered… …
