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We believe the ice sheet was not around all the time. It was only around during cool snaps of the climate.
Kenneth R. Miller

Meaning of "ice sheet" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ICE SHEET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICE SHEET

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Ice sheet is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ICE SHEET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Ice sheet

An ice sheet is a mass of glacier ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km2, thus also known as continental glacier. The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland; during the last glacial period at Last Glacial Maximum the Laurentide ice sheet covered much of North America, the Weichselian ice sheet covered northern Europe and the Patagonian Ice Sheet covered southern South America. Ice sheets are bigger than ice shelves or alpine glaciers. Masses of ice covering less than 50,000 km2 are termed an ice cap. An ice cap will typically feed a series of glaciers around its periphery. Although the surface is cold, the base of an ice sheet is generally warmer due to geothermal heat. In places, melting occurs and the melt-water lubricates the ice sheet so that it flows more rapidly. This process produces fast-flowing channels in the ice sheet — these are ice streams. The present-day polar ice sheets are relatively young in geological terms.

Definition of ice sheet in the English dictionary

The definition of ice sheet in the dictionary is a thick layer of ice covering a large area of land for a long time, esp those in Antarctica and Greenland.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ICE SHEET

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ICE SHEET

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Synonyms and antonyms of ice sheet in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ice sheet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ICE SHEET

Find out the translation of ice sheet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ice sheet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ice sheet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冰原
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

capa de hielo
570 millions of speakers

English

ice sheet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्फ की चादर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغطاء الجليدي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ледяной покров
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

camada de gelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বরফ চাদর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

calotte glaciaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lembaran ais
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eisschild
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

氷床
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빙상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Es sheet
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

dải băng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பனி தாள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बर्फ पत्रक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

buz örtüsü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strato di ghiaccio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

warstwa lodu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крижаний покрив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foaie de gheață
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

στρώμα πάγου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ys
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

inlandsis
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

isdekket
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ICE SHEET»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ice sheet

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3 QUOTES WITH «ICE SHEET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ice sheet.
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Kenneth R. Miller
We believe the ice sheet was not around all the time. It was only around during cool snaps of the climate.
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John Olver
As a scientist, my attention became totally focused on global warming some 15 years ago by the elegant and powerful measurements of carbon dioxide trapped in ice cores taken as much as 2 miles deep from the great East Antarctica ice sheet.
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Sarah Parcak
Scientists use satellites to track weather, map ice sheet melting, detect diseases, show ecosystem change... the list goes on and on. I think nearly every scientific field benefits or could benefit from satellite imagery analysis.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICE SHEET»

Discover the use of ice sheet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ice sheet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
' All in all this is splendid book. It brings together different viewpoints and presents a 'state of the art' account of the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
C.J. van der Veen, Johannes Oerlemans, 1986
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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet
ANTARCTIC RESEARCH SERIES, VOLUME 77, PAGES 1-11 THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET AND SEA-LEVEL CHANGE R.B. Alley Environment Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University ...
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Glacier and Ice Sheet Sliding: Priorities for Research
Importance The mechanics of the coupling of a glacier or ice sheet to its bed is the most important unsolved problem in the field of glacier dynamics. Abundant geological and geophysical evidence shows that ice masses can, in the presence ...
‎1976
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The Montana Lobe of the Keewatin Ice Sheet
y. ,. V";. 'i;v'^Sz. were picked up by the ice as it moved westward over the earlier drift sheet. Lying upon the drift from the mountain are fragments of crystalline rock from the northeast, which were carried out beyond the edge of the eastern drift ...
Fred Harvey Hall Calhoun, 1906
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The Geology of Scotland
They suggest that the growing ice sheet expanded initially most rapidly from Highland centres and that only later was there sufficient growth of independent ice centres in the Southern Uplands to fend off Highland ice. The northern limit of  ...
N. H. Trewin, 2002
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River and Lake Ice Engineering
Source of bearing capacity Hydrostatic pressure on the bottom of a large floating ice sheet must equal the weight per unit area of the ice sheet and its snow cover. If an additional load is placed on the ice, it will sink until the hydrostatic pressure  ...
George D. Ashton, 1986
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Subsurface Geologic Investigations of New York Finger Lakes: ...
The massive outpourings of icebergs from the Laurentide ice sheet needed to deposit the Heinrich layers must involve the rapid flow of ice, and apparently meltwater, to the margin of the ice sheet. However, the driving mechanism of these ...
Henry T. Mullins, N. Eyles, 1996
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Encyclopedia of the Antarctic
ice is less than that discharging from the area (i.e., the ice sheet is shrinking). Ice sheet mass balance can be examined at different elevation levels from the summit of drainage basins down to the terminus. It can also be considered over large ...
Beau Riffenburgh, 2007
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Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments
Cross-references Cosmogenic Radionuclides Maunder Minimum Sun-Climate Connections BINGE-PURGE CYCLES OF ICE SHEET DYNAMICS Background Binge-purge cycles of ice sheets are based on a hypothesis that ice sheets may ...
Vivien Gornitz, 2009
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Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part II: ...
At 12 ka the ice sheet was withdrawing onto land along much of the Pacific coast but remained connected to a remnant ice cap on Vancouver Island. The south- western corner of the ice sheet was retreating into the lower Fraser River valley, ...
J. Ehlers, P.L. Gibbard, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICE SHEET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ice sheet is used in the context of the following news items.
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Storms In The Tropics Contribute To Melting Ice In The Arctic: Study …
According to their findings, the cyclonic weather system caused a lot of surface runoff, overwhelming the ice sheet's drainage system, which led ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
2
Sun's activity controls Greenland temperatures - Phys.org
Starting around 2025, temperatures in Greenland could increase more than anticipated and the island's ice sheet could melt faster than ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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Final Report on the 2014 Global Climate Released … - AccuWeather
--The Greenland Ice Sheet experienced extensive melting in summer 2014. The extent of melting was above the 1981-2010 average for 90% of ... «AccuWeather.com, Jul 15»
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Iceberg Calving Boosts Methane Emissions - GlacierHub
Calving of glaciers in the North American ice sheet, also known as Heinrich events, released large icebergs into the North Atlantic Ocean. «GlacierHub, Jul 15»
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Sun's activity controls Greenland temperatures - Environmental …
Starting around 2025, temperatures in Greenland could increase more than anticipated and the island's ice sheet could melt faster than ... «environmentalresearchweb, Jul 15»
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Introducing the MacGyvers of Extreme Field Service
For a project on the Greenland ice sheet, that could include arranging air support via helicopters or lightweight planes, ensuring clients are ... «Field Service Digital, Jul 15»
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City seeks recreational facilities solutions | Rosemount Town Pages
... RAHA, called for a referendum to finance a second ice sheet and artificial turf. The other council members did not generally support that idea. «Rosemount Town Pages, Jul 15»
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Arctic nations bar commercial fishing around North Pole - Yahoo …
"It's clear that most of these countries are motivated by resource extraction, not protection, and see the melting of the ice sheet as an opportunity ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
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They Knew, They Lied: ExxonMobil and Climate Change - Truthout
Half of Greenland's ice sheet is now liquid. Pink salmon, mussels, oysters, clams and scallops are about to disappear from the menu because ... «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
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Report: Treat climate change as seriously as national security …
The Greenland ice sheet, Arctic ecosystems and tropical coral reefs are systems vulnerable to big rises in temperatures. Governments have ... «AG Week, Jul 15»

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