Deglaciation is the uncovering of a region of land from beneath a glacier or ice sheet by the retreat of it due to shrinkage by either melting or calving of the ice sheet or glacier. A significant example of deglaciation, and subsequent sea level rise is Meltwater pulse 1A. == General == The term deglaciation describes retreat of the cryosphere. =...
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(from the article `Antarctica`) ...may have been free or nearly free of ice as recently as about 3 million years ago, when the diatom-bearing beds were deposited in a marine seaway; ...
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deglaciation 1. The gradual melting away of a glacier from the surface of a landmass. 2. The removal of land ice from an area; the opposite of glacierization.
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the gradual melting away of a glacier from the surface of a landmass.
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