ice dome

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 218 words | Copyright

ice dome A main component (with the outlet glacier) of an ice sheet or ice-cap. It has a convex surface form, of parabolic shape, and tends to develop symmetrically over a land mass. Its thickness often exceeds 3000 m.

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