Ice caps
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Name (Hebrew)
כיפות קרח
Name (Latin)
Ice caps
Name (Arabic)
الأغطية الجليدية
Other forms of name
Carapaces, Ice
Ice carapaces
Icecaps
See Also From tracing topical name
Glaciology
Ice sheets
Snow
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q878077
Library of congress:
sh 85063979
Sources of Information
- Gloss. geol.(ice cap: a dome-shaped or platelike cover of perennial ice and snow, covering the summit area of a mountain mass so that no peaks emerge through it, or covering a flat landmass such as an Arctic island; spreading due to its own weight outwards in all directions; and having an area of less than 50,000 sq km. An ice cap is considerably smaller than an ice sheet. Non-preferred syn.: ice carapace. Also spelled: icecap)
- Concise Ox. dict. earth sciences, 1990(ice-cap: Ice mass less than 50,000 sq km 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.)