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The process of conversion of snow to firn and then to glacier ice
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All processes that add to the mass of the glacier
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Combination of rock dust, soot and microbes forming holes on the glaciers surface
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Pink-red colour of snow caused by the presence of algae Chlamydomonas nivalis
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A crack in the surface of the moving glacier
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The loss of ice and snow from a glacier system
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A block of ice that has broken from the glacier and is floating in the water
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Series of bowl-like depression melted into a snow or ice surface
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Deposits of sediment that form through the direct action of, or contact with glacier ice
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A decrease in the length of a glacier compared to a previous point in time
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Breaking-off the ice from the glacier terminus
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Large scale increase in the rate of movement of the glacier
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An intermediate stage in the transformation of snow to glacier ice
Crear