Inactive rock glacier

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Term: Inactive rock glacier
Definition: A mass of rock fragments and finer material, on a slope, that contains either an ice core or interstitial ice, and shows evidence of past, but not present, movement.
GCW NSIDCCryosphere
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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