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• Glacier ice accumulation — occurs through accumulation of snow and other frozen precipitation, as well as through other means including rime ice (freezing of water vapor on the glacier surface), avalanching from hanging glaciers on cliffs and mountainsides above, and re… …   Wikipedia

• glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …   Universalium

• Glacier National Park (U.S.) — Infobox protected area | name = Glacier National Park iucn category = II caption = locator x = 67 locator y = 17 location = Flathead County Glacier County, flagicon|Montana Montana, USA nearest city = Kalispell lat degrees = 48 lat minutes = 48… …   Wikipedia

• Glacier mass balance — See also Retreat of glaciers since 1850 Crucial to the survival of a glacier is its mass balance, the difference between accumulation and ablation (melting and sublimation). Climate change may cause variations in both temperature and snowfall,… …   Wikipedia

• Glacier — This article is about the geological formation. For other uses, see Glacier (disambiguation). The Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan. At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, it is one of the longest alpine glaciers on… …   Wikipedia

• Glacier View controversy — The Glacier View controversy was a major event in the history of the Seventh day Adventist Church when church leaders (the Sanctuary Review Committee) met at Glacier View Ranch in Colorado, United States in 1980 to discuss scholar Desmond Ford s… …   Wikipedia

• USS Glacier (AGB-4) — The USS Glacier AGB 4 (later USCGC Glacier WAGB 4) is a history making icebreaker which served in the first fifteen Operation Deep Freeze expeditions. Glacier was first to make its way through the frozen Bellinghausen Sea, and much of the… …   Wikipedia

• Crater Glacier — The Crater Glacier from the north in October 2006 Type Mountain glacier …   Wikipedia

• Crater Glacier — Photo aérienne Latitude Longitude …   Wikipédia en Français

• Challenger Glacier — Type cirque/tidewater Location Heard Island, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• Compton Glacier — Type cirque/tidewater Location Heard Island, Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia Coordinates …   Wikipedia