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The removal of the load causes something known as glacial isostatic rebound. The weight of the glacier causes the earth's lithosphere to deform (it squashes it). When the glacier retreats and the load is removed, the earth's lithosphere springs back to its original shape.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThere is an immediate lift in elevation, because of the weight of ice removed, and then a very slow and gradual continued rise. This is called isostatic rebound.
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What is the difference between an ice sheet and a ice berg?
an ice sheet is a sheet, ice berg is a berg
What forms when deformation causes the lithosphere to break?
There are different tectonic structures that are formed when deformation causes the lithosphere to break. The deformation of the lithosphere is caused by the weight of the ice.
What is an ice sheet?
The only current ice sheets are Antarctic and Greenland; during the last ice age at Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) the Laurentide ice sheet covered much of Canada and North America, the Weichselian ice sheet covered northern Europe and the Patagonian Ice Sheet covered southern South America. The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of ice on Earth. The Greenland ice sheet occupies about 82% of the surface of Greenland, and if melted would cause sea levels to rise by 7.2 metres. Estimated changes in the mass of Greenland's ice sheet suggest it is melting at a rate of about 239 cubic kilometres (57.3 cubic miles) per year. Ice sheets are bigger than ice shelves or glaciers. Masses of ice covering less than 50,000 square kilometers are termed an ice cap. An ice cap will typically feed a series of glaciers around its periphery.
A large floating mass of ice which detached from a glacier is an?
Iceberg or an ice sheet
Did the ice sheet extend into England?
Yes
What percentage sheet of ice does the Antarctica Ice sheet hold?
The ice sheet holds 100% of Antarctica's . . . ice sheet.
What is the difference between an ice sheet and a ice berg?
an ice sheet is a sheet, ice berg is a berg
What happens to ice cream if milk fat is removed?
it taste bad
What is a sheet of ice?
a sheet of ice is called a glacier
What happens to the water molecules in an ice cube when it is removed from a freezer?
the temperature increases
The ice sheet is approximately 1500 meters thick in the Arctic or Antarctica?
The ice sheet exceeds 1500 meters in both of these ice sheets, with the Arctic ice sheet referring to the Greenland Ice Sheet.
What happens to icebergs after they have broken off a glacier or ice sheet?
They float away from the poles and gradually melt.
Does an alpine glacier or an ice sheet form quicker?
ice sheet
When was The Ice Sheet at Ogden created?
The Ice Sheet at Ogden was created in 1994.
What forms when deformation causes the lithosphere to break?
There are different tectonic structures that are formed when deformation causes the lithosphere to break. The deformation of the lithosphere is caused by the weight of the ice.
It Is said that ice hockey is played on a sheet of ice called?
In Canada, at least, the sheet of ice is simply referred to as a rink.
What is a ice sheet call?
Ice rink?
