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.
The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the Lithosphere. It's not one solid sheet but broken into slabs called plates. They are in motion and drift over the asthenosphere. It's a lot like a slab of ice drifting over the surface of a lake.
An ice sheet is a large mass of glacial ice that covers land, while an iceberg is a large floating mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier or ice shelf and is floating in the ocean. Ice sheets are stationary, while icebergs can drift with ocean currents.
An ice sheet that covers land for thousands of years is known as a continental ice sheet. These are massive glaciers that form over vast areas due to the accumulation of snow and ice over long periods of time. Examples include the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Isostasy theory is a geological concept that posits that Earth's lithosphere is in gravitational equilibrium, with lighter elements floating on top of heavier materials in the mantle. This theory explains how the lithosphere adjusts vertically to maintain balance when weight is added or removed, such as from the melting of ice sheets.
The largest remaining ice shelf is the Ross Ice Shelf , which is about the size of France. You can find this ice shelf in east Antarctica.Otherwise, 98% of the continent is covered with an ice sheet.
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The ice sheet holds 100% of Antarctica's . . . ice sheet.
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a sheet of ice is called a glacier
If thick ice sheets were to cover large portions of Earth's continents again, the lithosphere would respond to the added weight through a process known as isostatic adjustment. This involves the lithosphere sinking or flexing downward in response to the increased load. Over time, as the ice sheets melt and the weight is removed, the lithosphere would gradually rebound and rise, a process that can take thousands of years. This dynamic interaction between the ice load and the lithosphere is a key aspect of Earth's geological processes.
The ice sheet exceeds 1500 meters in both of these ice sheets, with the Arctic ice sheet referring to the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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The Ice Sheet at Ogden was created in 1994.
The portion of the Earth that is broken into tectonic plates is the Lithosphere. It's not one solid sheet but broken into slabs called plates. They are in motion and drift over the asthenosphere. It's a lot like a slab of ice drifting over the surface of a lake.
An ice sheet is a large mass of glacial ice that covers land, while an iceberg is a large floating mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier or ice shelf and is floating in the ocean. Ice sheets are stationary, while icebergs can drift with ocean currents.
An ice sheet that covers land for thousands of years is known as a continental ice sheet. These are massive glaciers that form over vast areas due to the accumulation of snow and ice over long periods of time. Examples include the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Greenland Ice Sheet.
In Canada, at least, the sheet of ice is simply referred to as a rink.