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There are two primary debris fields: the ring of objects in GSO and the cloud of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). The Kessler syndrome , also known as the Kessler effect , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] collisional cascading , or ablation cascade , is a scenario proposed by NASA scientists Donald J. Kessler and Burton G. Cour-Palais in 1978.
Debris (UK: / ˈ d ɛ b r iː, ˈ d eɪ b r iː /, US: / d ə ˈ b r iː /) is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier, etc. Depending on context, debris can refer to a number of different things.
Debris flows tend to move in a series of pulses, or discrete surges, wherein each pulse or surge has a distinctive head, body and tail. A debris flow in Ladakh, triggered by storms in 2010. It has poor sorting and levees. Steep source catchment is visible in background. Debris-flow deposits are readily recognizable in the field.
Within that large debris field we found the front-end bell of the pressure hull. That was the first indication that there was a catastrophic event. “Shortly thereafter we found a second smaller ...
The term scree is applied both to an unstable steep mountain slope composed of rock fragments and other debris, and to the mixture of rock fragments and debris itself. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is loosely synonymous with talus , material that accumulates at the base of a projecting mass of rock, [ 2 ] [ 4 ] or talus slope , a landform composed of ...
The Coast Guard said a "debris field" was located near the Titanic wreck as searchers hunt for the missing tourist submersible.
The debris field was apparently found by the Horizon Arctics ROV on the sea floor. ‘Debris field’ found near Titanic wreckage Thursday 22 June 2023 16:53 , Ariana Baio
The snow-free debris hills around the lagoon are lateral and terminal moraines of a valley glacier in Manang, Nepal.. A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.