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YY asked in Science & MathematicsEarth Sciences & Geology · 1 decade ago

Help ! Old ice?

Does "old ice" refers to the ice that had formed a long time, or refers to the ice in the Antarctica? Thanks for your help.

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  • rice_dog
    1 decade ago
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    "old ice" refers to the ice that formed thousands of years ago.See Source below

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_ice_sheet
  • alleymarziacat
    1 decade ago

    I believe that "old ice" refers to ice that formed over many many years --- maybe as far back 400,000 or 500,000 years or more. There may be ice in Antarctica that qualifies as "old ice".

    Alley

  • andrade4sveta
    1 decade ago

    Probably to ice formed long time ago, as the ice layer in antartica or in siberia.

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