ice-stream
11Shimizu Ice Stream — (coord|85|11|S|124|0|W|) is an ice stream in the Horlick Mountains, draining west northwest from the area between Wisconsin Range and Long Hills to enter the south flank of Horlick Ice Stream. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from …
12Bailey Ice Stream — (coord|79|0|S|30|0|W|) is an ice stream on the northern margin of the Theron Mountains, flowing westsouthwest to the Filchner Ice Shelf. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place Names Committee (UK APC) after Jeremy Thomas Bailey (1941 65), a BAS… …
13Whillans Ice Stream — Whillans Ice Stream, a glaciological feature of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, formerly know as Ice Stream B, renamed in 2001 in honor of Ohio State Glaciologist Dr. Ian Whillans.ources* [http://igloo.gsfc.nasa.gov/wais/articles/acan.html… …
14Williams Ice Stream — (coord|73|15|S|88|27|W|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is an ice Stream about 15 miles (24 km) long flowing into Venable Ice Shelf just east of Fletcher Peninsula. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US ACAN) after… …
15Ice 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… …
16Ice 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… …
17Ice 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… …
18ice river — noun or ice stream : a valley glacier …
19Stream ice — Stream Stream (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre[ a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str[ o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. ry sis a flowing, rei^n to flow, Skr.… …
20Stream — (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre[ a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str[ o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. ry sis a flowing, rei^n to flow, Skr. sru. [root]174 …
