Sedimentary ogives

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Term: Sedimentary ogives
Definition: Alternating bands of light and dark at the firn limit of a glacier; the light bands are usually young and lightest at the highest level up-glacier, becoming increasingly older and darker as they progress down-glacier.  NSIDCCryosphere 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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