Alternate Definitions for Ice wall

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Term: Ice wall
Definition: An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of an inland ice sheet, ice piedmont or ice rise; the rock basement may be at or below sea level.  NSIDCCryosphere 

An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of a glacier that is not afloat. An ice wall is aground, the rock basement being at or below sea level.  WMOSeaIce 

Sea ice terminology that describes an ice cliff forming at the seaward margin of a glacier which is aground.  ECCCanada 

A steep rocky slope almost completely draped with glacier ice, including hanging glaciers and ice aprons (q.v.).  Swisseduc 

An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of an inland ice sheet, ice piedmont or ice rise. The rock basement may be at or below sea level (cf. Ice front).  SPRI 

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Term: Ice wall
Definition: An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of an inland ice sheet, ice piedmont or ice rise; the rock basement may be at or below sea level.
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Term: Ice wall
Definition: A steep rocky slope almost completely draped with glacier ice, including hanging glaciers and ice aprons (q.v.).
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Term: Ice wall
Definition: An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of an inland ice sheet, ice piedmont or ice rise. The rock basement may be at or below sea level (cf. Ice front).
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Term: Ice wall
Definition: An ice cliff forming the seaward margin of a glacier that is not afloat. An ice wall is aground, the rock basement being at or below sea level.
Created 2022.03.08
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Term: Ice wall
Definition: Sea ice terminology that describes an ice cliff forming at the seaward margin of a glacier which is aground.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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