temperate glacier

Also known as: isothermal glacier

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In glacier: Mass balance
…of temperate ice; and a temperate glacier is at the melting temperature throughout its mass, but surface freezing occurs in winter. A polar or subpolar glacier may be frozen to its bed (cold-based), or it may be at the melting temperature at the bed (warm-based).
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In glacier: Classification of mountain glaciers
…classified as polar, subpolar, or temperate and their surfaces by the occurrence of dry-snow, percolation, saturation, and superimposed-ice zones, as for ice sheets.
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In glacial landform: Glacial erosion
Temperate glaciers are also called isothermal glaciers, because they exist at the pressure-melting point (the melting temperature of ice at a given pressure) throughout their mass. The ice in polar, or cold glaciers, in contrast, is below the pressure-melting point. Some glaciers have an intermediate…
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