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The Blatter-Patyn stress regime is used to simplify modeling these structures in software libraries like CISM and PISM. The worm Mesenchytraeus solifugus (“meh-ZANK-ih-TRAY-us SOL-ih-FYOO-gus”) is uniquely adapted to inhabiting these structures. They are not animal remains, but these structures are the main sources of delta-O-18 samples. Forebulge collapse is a consequence of these structures’ absence, which controls the direction of their namesake isostatic adjustment. The Neogene ended with the appearance of these structures, and the Holocene is a transitional stage between two periods named for them. (10[2])These structures form where ablation is slower than accumulation, (10[2])and most of them are now retreating. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])“continental” and “alpine” are types (-5[1])of what large terrestrial masses of ice? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: glaciers [accept ice sheets; accept ice fields; prompt on ice cores by asking “where are they taken from?”; reject “icebergs”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jupiter DingPrinceton BPenn A8310
Sam MacchiVassarCornell C8310
Austin GuoPrinceton ARutgers A9210
Andrew MinagarYale BNYU B9210
John John GrogerColumbia AYale C9910
Arjun BothraHaverfordPenn B9910
Ben SterlingYale ARutgers B10210
Jack RadoColumbia BBard A107-5
William HelmanBard AColumbia B11510
Ashish KumbhardareRowan AColumbia C11510

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