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hydrosphere processes
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[abiotic environment processes]
More specific terms
NT4
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brine exclusion
NT4
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downdraw
NT4
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evaporative cooling
NT4
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extensive mixing
NT4
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glacier formation
NT4
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glacier karst
NT4
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glacier recession
NT4
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haline forcing
NT4
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high latitude cooling
NT4
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increase in sea water salinity
NT4
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laminar flow
NT4
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large-scale ocean circulation
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NT5
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meridional overturning circulation
NT5
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thermohaline circulation
NT4
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low latitude heating
NT4
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oceanic currents
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NT5
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Antarctic bottom water
NT5
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Antarctic circumpolar current
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NT6
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antarctic polar front
NT5
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deep-water currents
NT5
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Gulf stream
NT5
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North Atlantic current
NT5
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North Atlantic deep water
NT5
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Polar southward flow
NT5
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surface currents
NT4
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sea level change
NT4
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stable stratification
NT4
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stratification
NT4
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transposition of foliation
NT4
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tunnel closure in glaciers
NT4
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upwelling
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NT5
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deep upwelling
NT5
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thermohaline upwelling
NT4
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wind-driven surface currents
NT4
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[cryosphere processes]
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NT5
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ablation
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NT6
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differential ablation
NT6
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wind ablation
NT5
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ablation relation to air temperature
NT5
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abrasion
NT5
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accumulation of snow
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NT6
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snow cushion
NT5
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additional load
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NT6
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light additional load
NT6
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strong additional load
NT5
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anisotropic ice deformation
NT5
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arrangement of ice needles
NT5
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avalanche activity
NT5
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avalanche dynamics
NT5
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basal motion
NT5
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buttressing by ice shelf
NT5
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calving
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NT6
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iceberg calving
NT5
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compaction
NT5
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crystal growth
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NT6
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crystal growth in firn
NT6
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crystal growth in ice
NT5
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deformation processes
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NT6
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fracture propagation
NT6
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fracturing
NT6
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hummocking
NT6
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ice crystals deformation
NT6
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ice weathering
NT6
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rafting
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NT7
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finger rafting
NT6
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ridging
NT6
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shore ice ride-up
NT6
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subglacial till deformation
NT5
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diffusion of ice molecules
NT5
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endoglacial conveyance
NT5
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firn-ice transition
NT5
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firnification
NT5
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fissure (crevasse) formation
NT5
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floating ice motion processes
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NT6
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compacting
NT6
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diverging
NT6
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shearing
NT5
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formation of avalanches
NT5
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formation of cornices
NT5
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formation of fracture
NT5
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formation of snow-slide
NT5
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freezing
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NT6
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upward freezing
NT5
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funicular regime
NT5
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glacial course
NT5
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glacial erosion
NT5
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glacier advance
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NT6
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catastrophic advance
NT5
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glacier response to mass-balance change
NT5
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glide and creep
NT5
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gliding
NT5
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ice deformation
NT5
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ice flow
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NT6
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compressing flow
NT6
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extending flow
NT6
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extrusion flow
NT6
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ice divide flow
NT6
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ice sheet non-steady flow
NT6
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ice shelf flow
NT6
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ice stream flow
NT5
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ice sheet area-volume relationship
NT5
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ice sheet growth and decay
NT5
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ice shelf basal melting
NT5
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ice sizzle
NT5
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ice stream thickness change
NT5
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ice-age cycle
NT5
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ice-bedrock friction
NT5
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increasing in a snow layer strength
NT5
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increasing in snow depth
NT5
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melting
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NT6
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pressure melting
NT5
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melting of snow cover
NT5
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meltwater refreezing in firn
NT5
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metamorphism of snow
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NT6
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high gradient metamorphism
NT6
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light gradient metamorphism
NT6
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melt metamorphism
NT5
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outburst flood
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NT6
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glacial lake outburst flood
NT6
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jökulhlaup
NT5
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overburdening
NT5
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packing of snow grains
NT5
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pendular regime
NT5
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plucking
NT5
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polygonization
NT5
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recrystallization
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NT6
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dynamic recrystallization
NT5
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redistribution of snow
NT5
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regelation
NT5
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release
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NT6
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avalanche release
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NT7
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artificial triggering
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NT7
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close release
NT7
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spontaneous release
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NT5
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riming
NT5
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saturation with water (snow pack)
NT5
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seasonal variations
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NT6
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seasonal variations in firn temperature
NT6
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seasonal variations in ice-core chemistry
NT5
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settlement of snow
NT5
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sintering
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NT6
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sintering in firn
NT5
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sliding
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NT6
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sliding (glacier)
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NT7
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basal sliding
NT7
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frictional sliding
NT7
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sliding at subfreezing temperatures
NT7
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sliding with cavitation
NT7
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sliding without cavitation
NT6
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snow sliding
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NT7
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weak cohesion snow release
NT5
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snow conveyance
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NT6
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aeolian conveyance
NT6
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rolling
NT6
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saltation
NT6
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turbulent conveyance
NT5
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snow settling
NT5
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snow stratification
NT5
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snow to ice transformation
NT5
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snow-increase
NT5
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snowpack evolution
NT5
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softening
NT5
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strain at failure
NT5
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strength reduction in a snow layer
NT5
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subglacial conveyance
NT5
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supercooling
NT5
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superglacial conveyance
NT5
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surface release
NT5
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thawing
NT5
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thickness changes
NT5
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tidewater glacier deformation
NT5
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turbolent suspension
NT5
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uplift of glacier surface
NT5
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water flow within glacier
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NT6
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water flow at glacier bed
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NT7
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water flow of glacier-fed stream
NT7
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water flow over soft bed
NT6
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water flow in linked cavities
NT6
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water flow in tunnel
NT5
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water within glacier
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NT6
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water at glacier bed
NT6
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water between ice grains
NT6
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water in pores in till
NT6
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water in temperate glacier
NT5
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wetting (snow pack)
Italiano
[processi dell'idrosfera]
Date of creation
14-Nov-2014
Modified
17-May-2018
Accepted term
14-Nov-2014
Descendant terms
193
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