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ice stream: a standalone construct

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ice stream1 CONSTRUCTIce streamBENNETT · GLACIOLOGY

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Glaciology

a corridor of fast-flowing ice within an ice sheet, bounded by slower ice, that drains much of the sheet's discharge.

In glaciology, ice stream refers to a corridor of fast-flowing ice within an ice sheet, bounded by slower ice, that drains much of the sheet's discharge. This meaning comes from Bennett (2003) in Earth-Science Reviews.[1]

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  1. Bennett, M. R. (2003). Ice streams as the arteries of an ice sheet: their mechanics, stability and significance. Earth-Science Reviews, 61(3-4), 309-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-8252(02)00130-7

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