alass

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of alas (“geological depression”).

   “(a) Diagrammatic presentation of the initial stages of evolution of thermokarst alass [...] (alass lake depressions). (b) The continued evolution of alass depressions : A[…]”

   “[...] thermal abrasion on the shores of alass lakes , as well as intensification of thermokarst processes within[…]”

   “... alass (thermokarst lake) development in Siberia, which also began about 130 years ago (Czudek and Demek, 1970). Mackay (1975) suggests that some of the thermokarst lakes in the upper Mackenzie Valley may be a result of climatic warming[…]”

   “... alasses join each other, the lateral development of alass basins proceeds to form an alass valley which constitutes the mature development of the thermokarst evolution. On Mars, Acidalia and Utopia Planitiae received extraordinarily[…]”