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ice shelf n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a thick mass of ice that is permanently attached to the land but projects into and floats on the sea How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| By contrast, a gap in the Adelie fossil record between 27,000 and 13,000 years ago at all sites along the Ross Sea that have been analyzed chronicles the northward advance of the Ross ice shelf during that period, Emslie and his colleagues argue in the January Geology. According to research published by the journal Nature, much of the more than 4,600 square mile ice shelf collapsed. They will be towed to the ice shelf and skied to the research site. |
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ice shelf - ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea