bergfield en · NOUN
Etymology
From berg + field.
Meanings
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An expanse of ice covered with icebergs.
Bergfields, collections of grounded deep-draft floebergs (>25 m keel depths) and ice-island fragments, have been forming in the northeast Chukchi Sea since 1966 and probably earlier.
1983, John Thomas Andrews, Glacial Marine Sediments and Sedimentation: An Annotated Bibliography:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bergfields | Number=Plur | lexicographic |