Glacier Movement

Page 1 <img data-url='document/glacier-movement.html?page=1' data-page='1' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 1: Glacier Movement' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader034.cupdf.com/reader034/viewer/2022052400/559b69e11a28ab27188b45d0/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Page 2 <img data-url='document/glacier-movement.html?page=2' data-page='2' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 2: Glacier Movement' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader034.cupdf.com/reader034/viewer/2022052400/559b69e11a28ab27188b45d0/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> A glacier is a flowing mass of ice and rock on land.

Page 3 <img data-url='document/glacier-movement.html?page=3' data-page='3' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 3: Glacier Movement' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader034.cupdf.com/reader034/viewer/2022052400/559b69e11a28ab27188b45d0/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Page 4 <img data-url='document/glacier-movement.html?page=4' data-page='4' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 4: Glacier Movement' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader034.cupdf.com/reader034/viewer/2022052400/559b69e11a28ab27188b45d0/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> interglacials

glaciations

Page 5 <img data-url='document/glacier-movement.html?page=5' data-page='5' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 5: Glacier Movement' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader034.cupdf.com/reader034/viewer/2022052400/559b69e11a28ab27188b45d0/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> For glaciers to form, there must be a year-round thick mass of snow which becomes compacted to form ice. Abundant snowfall and cool summers help this process.

Page 6 <img data-url='document/glacier-movement.html?page=6' data-page='6' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 6: Glacier Movement' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader034.cupdf.com/reader034/viewer/2022052400/559b69e11a28ab27188b45d0/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Page 7 <img data-url='document/glacier-movement.html?page=7' data-page='7' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 7: Glacier Movement' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader034.cupdf.com/reader034/viewer/2022052400/559b69e11a28ab27188b45d0/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Glacier de la Girose, Parc des Ecrins, France

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PATTERNS OF GLACIAL ICE FLOW

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Glacier Movement

Education

flowing mass of ice

bruce railsback

france snow firn ice

diagram courtesy

yearround thick mass

cool summers

abundant snowfall

interglacials glaciations