Dirt cone
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dirt-cone-269-17653148
title:
Dirt cone
text:
A dirt cone is a type of depositional glacial feature. Dirt cones are not actually made entirely of dirt. They have a core of ice, snow, or firn that gets covered with material and insulated. The material, if it is thick enough, will protect the underlying core from ablation. The thickness of material needed to insulate the core is called the “critical thickness.” If the material is less thick than the critical thickness, it will actually speed up erosion of the core through ablation. This is ca
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Depositional glacial feature of ice or snow with an insulating layer of dirt
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirt_cone
date created:
date modified:
2021-04-07T16:28:32Z
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fields total:
13
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