ice cores

A form of ice core — A core sample removed from an ice sheet, most commonly from the polar ice caps of Antarctica, Greenland or from high mountain glaciers elsewhere, the properties of which can be used to reconstruct a climatic record of a given area.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of ice core
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