Chapter
Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Abstract
Glaciers and ice sheets are masses of ice and snow that persist over many years formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow. They cover a significant amount of the Earth’s land surface and store most of the world’s fresh water. Glaciers flow under their own weight, carving out landscapes and transporting sediment and rocks as they move, and they advance and retreat in response to changes in the mass balance, or difference between annual …
Authors
DeBeer CM; Sharp M; Schuster-Wallace C
Book title
Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes
Pagination
pp. 182-194
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
2020
DOI
10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12441-8