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an iceberg that is grooved into a curtain-like pattern; thought to be carved by small meltwater streams.
growleran iceberg less than 2 meters (6.6 feet) across that floats with less than 1 meter (3.3 feet) showing above water; smaller than a bergy bit.
ice frontthe vertical cliff forming the seaward face of an ice shelf or other floating glacier, varying in height from 2 to 50 meters (2.2 to 55 yards) above sea level.
ice islanda form of tabular berg found in the Arctic Ocean, with a thickness of 30 - 50 meters (33 to 55 yards) and an area from a few thousand square meters to 500 square kilometers (123,550 acres); ice islands often have an undulating surface, which gives them a ribbed appearance from the air.
ice risea mass of ice resting on rock and surrounded either by an ice shelf, or partly by an ice shelf and partly by sea; no rock is exposed and there may be none above sea level; ice rises often have a dome-shaped surface; the largest known is about 100 kilometers (62 miles) across.
iceberg tonguea major accumulation of icebergs projecting from the coast, held in place by grounding and joined together by fast ice.
iceportan embayment in an ice front, often of temporary nature, where ships can moor alongside and unload directly into the ice shelf.
tabular berga flat-topped iceberg that shows horizontal banding; typically form by breaking from an ice shelf.
References:
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Beltz, Ellin. "Glossary of Glacier Terms." http://ebeltz.net/glacier/glacglos.html [Accessed August 16, 2006].
CO2 Science. "Global Change Dictionary." http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/education/dictionary/define.jsp [Accessed December 19, 2006].
Ferguson, Sue A., 1992. Glaciers of North America: A field guide. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing.
Huschke, Ralph E., ed. 1959. Glossary of Meteorology. Boston: American Meteorological Society.
Khromov, S. P. and L. A. Mamontova, 1974. Glossary of Meteorology. Lenningrad: Gidrometeoizdat.
Van Everdingen, ed. 1994. Multilanguage Glossary of Permafrost and Related Ground-Ice Terms. Alberta: Arctic Institute of North America.
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1992. International Meteorological Vocabulary. Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization.
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