In geology, calving refers to the breaking away of a mass of ice from an iceberg, an ice front or a glacier. It occurs when crevasses penetrate the full thickness of the ice
Birthing, or calving.
The floating mass of ice is known as an ice burg, the process of breaking free from the main glacier is called calving.
IcebergI believe they are called icebergs... The process is called calving though
calving
The process of ice breaking off a glacier or ice sheet is called "calving".
the term used to answer this question in numerous articles is calving
The calving of glaciers and Ice shelfs.
"calving"
Glaciers entering the sea and separating into smaller segments of ice.
Accumulation will eventually cause ablation through calving. This has a negative effect on the ice shelf.
Calving