A layer of ice covering an extensive tract of land for a long period of time.
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Several scientists have proposed that the southern part of the Greenland ice sheet disappeared during the period of maximum interglacial warmth.
We consider climate and sea level as the two most likely mechanisms for early deglaciation of the British-Irish ice sheet.
The results present estimates of the thermal, hydrological and mechanical effects of a regional ice sheet, determined from a simplified ice-sheet model.
Younger cited evidence for extensive ground freezing in SE England during the Devensian, beyond the limit of the Devensian ice sheet.
Later, as the permafrost melted and the ice sheet warmed as a result of climatic amelioration, the ice would have become wetbased.
Definition of ice sheet in US English:
ice sheet
nounˈīs ˌSHētˈaɪs ˌʃit
A permanent layer of ice covering an extensive tract of land, especially a polar region.
Example sentencesExamples
We consider climate and sea level as the two most likely mechanisms for early deglaciation of the British-Irish ice sheet.
Several scientists have proposed that the southern part of the Greenland ice sheet disappeared during the period of maximum interglacial warmth.
The results present estimates of the thermal, hydrological and mechanical effects of a regional ice sheet, determined from a simplified ice-sheet model.
Later, as the permafrost melted and the ice sheet warmed as a result of climatic amelioration, the ice would have become wetbased.
Younger cited evidence for extensive ground freezing in SE England during the Devensian, beyond the limit of the Devensian ice sheet.