Laurentide

Japanese: Laurentide
Laurentide

…They are also called continental glaciers. Currently, only the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets remain, but during the glacial period, the Laurentide Ice Sheet existed in the northern part of North America, and the Scandinavian Ice Sheet existed in northwestern Europe. The Antarctic ice sheet is up to 4,000 m thick (average is about 2,500 m), and ice flows from the center to the coast, forming icebergs and flowing out into the sea. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Laurentide" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大陸氷河とも呼ぶ。現存するものは南極氷床とグリーンランド氷床のみであるが,氷期には,たとえば北アメリカ大陸北部にローレンタイドLaurentide氷床が,北西ヨーロッパにスカンジナビア氷床が存在していた。南極氷床では厚さが4000mにも達し(平均では約2500m),中央部から海岸へ流動が起こり,氷山となって海へ流出している。…

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