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1. a very large flat expanse of ice floating in the sea; large ice floe 2. a large mass of ice permanently covering an extensive area of land ice field [′īs ‚fēld] (hydrology) A mass of land ice resting on a mountain region and covering all but the highest peaks. (oceanography) A flat sheet of sea ice that is more than 5 miles (8 kilometers) across. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Glacier sliding is something that matters far from the ice fields. They found the 19,331ft peak's ice fields had thinned by between 6. This is the first time researchers have calculated the volume of ice lost from the mountain's ice fields," said study co-author Lonnie Thompson, professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University, "If you look at the percentage of volume lost since 2000 versus the percentage of area lost as the ice fields shrink, the numbers are very close," he said in the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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