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polythermal glacier: a standalone construct

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Glaciology

a glacier containing both cold ice below the melting point and temperate ice at it, a thermal regime class used to compare glaciers.

In glaciology, polythermal glacier refers to a glacier containing both cold ice below the melting point and temperate ice at it, a thermal regime class used to compare glaciers. This meaning comes from Blatter (1991) in Journal of Glaciology.[1]

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  1. Blatter, H., & Hutter, K. (1991). Polythermal conditions in arctic glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 37(126), 261-269. https://doi.org/10.3189/s0022143000007279

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