- Dirt cone
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A dirt cone is a feature of a glacier or snow patch, in which dirt or debris has fallen onto ice, firn or snow. This debris forms a coating which, when thick enough, insulates the underlying ice or snow. Although deposition of sediments may be uniform originally, dirt cones can be produced due to the constant growing and shrinking of the underlying snow, which in turn masses the debris together. The surrounding ice or snow melts away, leaving the dirt cone. Wilson, J. Warren (November 1953). "The initiation of dirt cones on snow". Journal of Glaciology 2 (14): 281–287.</ref>
Glaciers Types of glaciers - Cirque glacier
- Ice cap
- Ice field
- Ice sheet
- Ice shelf
- Ice stream
- Outlet glaciers
- Rock glaciers
- Valley glaciers
- Ledoyom (Ice body)
Anatomy - Ablation zone
- Accumulation zone
- Bergschrund
- Blue ice
- Crevasse
- Dirt cone
- Firn
- Glacier terminus
- Ice divide
- Icefall
- Ice tongue
- Moraine
- Moulin
- Randkluft
- Sérac
Processes Measurements Glaciovolcanic relations Glacial landforms Erosional- Arête
- Cirque
- Crag and tail
- Fjord
- Glacial horn
- Glacial striae
- Hanging valley
- Ribbon lake
- Roche moutonnée
- Tunnel valley
- U-valley
Depositional- Drumlin
- Drumlin field
- Erratic block
- Moraine
- Pulju moraine
- Rogen moraine
- Terminal moraine
- Till plain
- Veiki moraine
Glacifluvial- Esker
- Kame
- Kame delta
- Kettle hole
- Outwash fan
- Sandur
- Giant current ripples
- Diluvium
- Glaciology
- Category:Glaciers
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