Nivation
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nivation-303-701136
title:
Nivation
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Nivation is the set of geomorphic processes associated with snow patches. The primary processes are mass wasting and the freeze and thaw cycle, in which fallen snow gets compacted into firn or névé. The importance of the processes covered by the term nivation with regard to the development of periglacial landscapes has been questioned by scholars, and the use of the term is discouraged. Nivation has come to include various subprocesses related to snow patches which may be immobile or semi-perman
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Geomorphic processes associated with snow patches
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivation
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2023-07-27T12:56:58Z
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