GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The big continental glaciers are mostly found in Antarctica and Greenland. The glaciers found in these places are almost 3, 500 meters in thickness. Dome-shaped and circular ice caps are more significant than the ice fields but are smaller than ice sheets. Various smaller ice caps outlets can flow from the ice shields.

Detailed explanation-2: -Continental glaciers cover vast areas of land. Today, continental glaciers are only present in extreme polar regions: Antarctica and Greenland (Figure 17.3).

Detailed explanation-3: -A continental glacier is also known as an ice sheet. These glaciers are named as such because they are sheets of ice that cover continental land masses.

Detailed explanation-4: -An ice sheet is a type of glacier that covers a very large area.

Detailed explanation-5: -The majority of glaciers in Greenland are slow-moving rivers of ice that flow out of the ice sheet. It is not until the ice begins to move that the term glacier can be used, and if the ice breaks free or falls into the water then the term iceberg applies.