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Glaciers and Glaciation  Glaciers are parts of two basic cycles Hydrologic cycle Rock cycle Glacier – a thick mass of ice that orig-inates on land from the accumulation, compaction, and recrystallization of snow Types of glaciers Valley (alpine) glaciers Exist in mountainous areas Flows down a valley from an accumulation center at its head Ice sheets Exist on a larger scale than valley glaciers Two major ice sheets on Earth are over Greenland and Antarctica Ice Sheets Valley Glaciers Types of glaciers Ice sheets Often called continental ice sheets Ice flows out in all directions from o