Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
stoss and lee — noun A type of glaciated landscape in which only those parts facing the flow of the glacier show erosion • • • Main Entry: ↑stoss … Useful english dictionary
lee — (adjective) Said of a side or slope that faces away from an advancing glacier or ice sheet, and facing the downstream (“down ice”) side of a glacier and relatively protected from its abrasive action. Compare: stoss, stoss and lee, crag… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
stoss — (adjective) Said of the side of the hill or knob that faces the direction from which an advancing glacier or ice sheet moved; facing the upstream (“up ice”) side of a glacier, and most exposed to its abrasive action. Compare: lee, stoss… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
crag and tail — An elongate hill or ridge of subglacially streamlined drift, having at the stoss end (up ice) a steep, often precipitous face or knob of ice smoothed, resistant bedrock (the “crag”) obstructing the movement of the glacier, and at the lee end… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
stoss — ˈstäs adjective Etymology: German stoss , from stossen to push, thrust, from Old High German stōzan more at stint : facing toward the direction from which an overriding glacier impinges the stoss slope of a hill the stoss side of a knob of rock… … Useful english dictionary
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program — The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established in 1943 to assist in the protection and restitution of cultural property in war areas during and… … Wikipedia
Victoria and Albert Museum — Coordinates: 51°29′48″N 0°10′19″W / 51.496667°N 0.171944°W / 51.496667; 0.171944 … Wikipedia
Glacier — This article is about the geological formation. For other uses, see Glacier (disambiguation). The Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan. At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, it is one of the longest alpine glaciers on… … Wikipedia
Palimpsest — A palimpsest is a manuscript page, whether from scroll or book that has been written on, scraped off, and used again. The word palimpsest comes through Latin from Greek παλιν + ψαω = ( again + I scrape ), and meant scraped (clean and used) again … Wikipedia
Ripple marks — Ancient wave ripple marks in sandstone, Moenkopi Formation, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah … Wikipedia
