pressure penitente
pressure penitente
[′presh·ər ‚pen·ə′ten·tā] (geology)
A nieve penitente composed of brilliantly white ice which is shaped into a slender ridge by lateral pressure of converging morainal streams and by melting of the adjacent debris-covered ice.
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