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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
An ice cap ( | An ice cap (or ice sheet) is a continental-scale mass of land ice, thick enough (between 1,600 and 6 400 m thick<ref>[https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/ice-sheet/ National Geographic Resource Library]</ref>) that covers most of the underlying rock formations. There are currently only two major ice sheets, one in Greenland and one in Antarctica.<ref>[https://archive.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg1/WG1AR5_SummaryVolume_FINAL_FRENCH.pdf IPCC, 2013: Glossary (Planton, S. (coord.)). P.196. (French)]</ref> | ||
We will speak here of melting of the ice caps when the total mass of ice has decreased over the period under consideration, whatever the processes involved. | We will speak here of melting of the ice caps when the total mass of ice has decreased over the period under consideration, whatever the processes involved. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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