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Nivation is the set of
geomorphic processes ****ociated with snow patches. The
primary processes are m****
wasting and the
freeze and thaw cycle, in which...
- type of snow can
contribute to
glacier formation through the
process of
nivation. Névé that
survives a full
season of
ablation turns into firn,
which is...
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particularly dramatic landscape, with up to 90 m (300 ft) deep ravines.
Various nivation hollows exists in the
vicinity of Kopparhatten. The Kvärkabäcken and Skäralid...
- ac****ulation of snow increases, the snow
turns into
glacial ice. The
process of
nivation follows,
whereby a
hollow in a
slope may be
enlarged by ice segregation...
- p. St-Onge, D.A., 1969.
Nivation landforms.
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa,
Paper 69–30, 12 p. Thorn, C., 1988.
Nivation:
geomorphic chimera, p. 3-31...
- Chichester, U.K.: 1-42 Ballantyne, C.K. (1978). "The
hydrologic significance of
nivation features in
permafrost areas".
Biuletyn Peryglacjalny. 27 (1–2): 5–10....
- annihilator, nihil, nil niv- snow
Latin nix,
nivis Nevada, névé, nival,
nivation, niveus, subnival,
subnivean noc- hurt, harm
Latin nocere innocence, innocent...
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developing permafrost soils and
periglacial landforms such as rock glaciers,
nivation hollows,
patterned ground, blockfields,
solifluction landforms, blockstreams...
- patterns. The main
process that
creates these ac****ulations is
called nivation. It is a
complex of
processes that
includes freeze–thaw
action (weathering...
- slopes. Lithalsa – Frost-induced
raised land form in
permafrost areas Nivation hollow –
Geomorphic processes ****ociated with snow
patches Palsa – A low...
