continental glacier

continental glacier
   A glacier of considerable thickness completely covering a large part of a continent or an area of at least 50,000 square km, obscuring the underlying surface, such as the ice sheets covering Antarctica or Greenland. Continental glaciers occupied northern portions of the coterminous USA and Alaska in the past (e.g., Pleistocene) and usage commonly implies former continental glacier conditions.
   Compare: alpine glacier.
   SW & GG

Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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