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Glaciers are multi-year ice masses capable of movement. They form mainly from solid atmospheric precipitation in those areas of the Earth where there is not melting during a warm season and where rainfall is negligible.
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Bogorodsky, V.V., Bentley, C.R., Gudmandsen, P.E. (1985). A Brief Survey of the Earth’s Ice Cover and Methods for its Investigation. In: Radioglaciology. Glaciology and Quaternary Geology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5275-1_1
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