Glossary of volcanic terms. - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. G. J. Hudak. 2001.
outwash — ☆ outwash [out′wôsh΄ ] n. sand and gravel deposited by meltwater streams in front of glacial ice … English World dictionary
outwash — /owt wosh , wawsh /, n. Geol. the material, chiefly sand or gravel, deposited by meltwater streams in front of a glacier. [1890 95; OUT + WASH] * * * Deposit of sand and gravel carried by running water from the melting ice of a glacier and laid… … Universalium
outwash — Depósito formado por arena y grava que ha sido transportada por el agua que fluye al derretirse el hielo de un glaciar y que luego ha sedimentado en depósitos estratificados. Un outwash puede tener hasta 100 m (330 pies) de espesor en el borde de … Enciclopedia Universal
outwash — zandras statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Lyguma, susidariusi iš ledyno tirpsmo vandenų suklostytų nuogulų. Dažniausiai šliejasi prie ledyno paliktų galinių morenų. atitikmenys: angl. outwash; outwash plain; sandur vok. Sander … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
outwash — [ glacial geology ] Stratified and sorted sediments (chiefly sand and gravel) removed or washed out from a glacier by melt water streams and deposited in front of or beyond the end moraine or the margin of a glacier. The coarser material is … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
outwash — abliacija statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Ledo ar sniego dangos mažėjimas dėl tirpimo, garavimo ar mechaninio ardymo. atitikmenys: angl. ablation; outwash vok. Auswaschung, f rus. aбляция, f; смыв, m … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
outwash plain — An extensive lowland area of coarse textured, glaciofluvial material. An outwash plain is commonly smooth; where pitted, due to melt out of incorporated ice masses (pitted outwash plain), it is generally low in relief and largely retains its… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Outwash fan — An outwash fan is a fan shaped body of sediments deposited by braided streams from a melting glacier. Sediment locked within the ice of the glacier, gets transported by the streams of meltwater, and deposits on the outwash plain, at the terminus… … Wikipedia
outwash plain — noun also outwash apron : a plain constructed of outwash that is ordinarily found on and beyond the distal side of a terminal or recessional moraine and that generally consists of a number of coalescing outwash fans * * * Geol. a broad, sloping… … Useful english dictionary
outwash fan — A fan shaped accumulation of outwash deposited by meltwater streams in front of the end or recessional moraine of a glacier. Coalescing outwash fans form an outwash plain. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
