Look up: nivation

1. nivation
   nivation 1. Erosion of the land surface by the action of snow. 2. The erosion of rock or soil beneath a snowbank or snow patch and along its fluctuating margins, due to frost action in conjunction with other processes such as chemical weathering and solifluction. 3. Erosion of the ground beneath and...
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2. Nivation
   Process where snow patches initiate erosion through physical weathering, meltwater flow, and gelifluction.
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3. nivation
   Set of processes, operating beneath or next to snow, believed to be responsible for the development of the hollows in which snow collects. It is also thought to play a role in the early formation of corries. The processes involved include freeze–thaw (weathering by the alternate freezing and melting of ice), mass movement (the downhill movemen...
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4. nivation
   (French. nive=snow) the disintegration of rocks around a patch of snow, brought about by alternate freezeing and thawing.
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5. Nivation
   `Nivation` is a collective name for the different processes that occur under a snow patch. The primary processes are mass wasting and the publisher=Prentice Hall |location=New Jersey-->--> in which fallen snow gets compacted into firn or névé. The term glacier is applied only when ice has accu...
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