ice-cap

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 260 words | Copyright

ice-cap Ice mass less than 50 000 km² in area, but large enough to submerge the underlying topography and whose flow behaviour is a consequence of its size and shape. It consists of a central ice dome together with outlet glaciers radiating from the periphery.

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