iceshelf

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A form of ice shelf — A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.

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Meanings

nouniceshelf (plural iceshelves)

plural iceshelves

  1. alternativeAlternative form of ice shelf.

    Ice accumulated on it to form a permanent icesheet which expanded to cover the entire continent and reached the ocean, forming iceshelves.

    2005, Peter Fong, Greenhouse Warming and Nuclear Hazards, →ISBN
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    The Indian Bay is the final location, where the expedition ship stays in Polynya in part of Lazarev Sea and all the operations of loading unloading is carried out at the iceshelf here.

    1995, S. R. Jog, Indian Geomorphology: Erosional landforms and processes, page 247
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