Meaning of namakier | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of salt glacier.

Examples

“Namakiers represent⟳ large, recumbent sheath folds underlain and flanked by rigid bedrock and overlain by air.”

“Hence the namakier consists of a stack of overlapping tongues.”

“Most salt extrusions rising on high ground are asymmetric and feed⟳ only one namakier.”

“Small ephemeral features, including shallow caves, are typical of the salt glacier surface, but in an active namakier the salt is flowing too fast to preserve⟳ them.”

“From Farsi for "mountain of salt," a namakier is perhaps more accurately described as a glacier of salt that can flow⟳ over the land⟳ surface as fast as inches per year, rivaling its icy counterparts for speed⟳.”

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