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They melt and then slide
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∙ 7y agoGlacial migration, ie. the movement of glaciers, is a phenomenon usually caused by gravity. The "long profile" is similar to that of a river, except that the path formed by the glacier is more rounded than that of a river. Glaciers move as the bottom layer of ice melts and the subsequent water allows the glacier to move more smoothly, lubricating the action. As the glacier moves, it will normally remove portions of the ground it moves past or over, as they become attached to the constantly freezing and thawing outer layers. This process is constant, although it is commonly more active in the day, when more of the ice melts, allowing faster and better lubricated motion.
A glacier can also move if pushed, sometimes by another glacier joining it, or by the pressure of tons of snow compressed into more ice.
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How do glaciers flow?
glaciers move slowly but when theres alot of rain the water and the glaciers move faster
How slow can a glacier move?
Glaciers on average only move a few inches per day. Some don't move at all. The Jakobshavn Isbræ glacier in Greenland moves 20 to 30 meters a day, while the Byrd Glacier in Antarctica, the biggest in the world, moves 2 - 3 meters a day. Some may move more quickly if they are affected by seismic invents that may happen near its location.
What is the galloping glacier?
A galloping glacier is a glacier that, unlike others of their type which move at inches per day, shoots ahead feet per day, an astonishing rate for glaciers. The nickname "the galloping glacier" has also been given to an Alaskan black rapids glacier which set a record for its speed. Galloping glaciers are most likely caused by extra melted snow lubricating the glacier.
What is a fast moving glacier that can move up to 6 kilometers per year?
surging
Is your father a glacier?
It means you are blocking the TV; please move out of the way. Should be glazier.
How do glaciers move for 6th grade?
A continental glacier can move in all directions and a valley glacier can move in a surge. :)
How do the glacier move?
They melt and then slide
How slow does a glacier move?
5 per
What are the nouns in the sentence Pressure from the weight of the glacier causes it to move?
There are three nouns. They are pressure, weight, and glacier.
What does the glacier do with the object it move?
the glacier picks up the sediments, rocks, till, debris, and soil and carries them along while the glacier moves and will eventually drop them.
What is what makes a glacier move down a mountain?
Gravity
Did Antarctica move north as a glacier in the ice age?
Antarctica is a continent, not a glacier, and has only ever moved south.
How can glaciers erode rocks?
The glacier can carry rocks. The moving of the glacier.
Where does glacier ice move quickly and slowly within a glacier?
I think it moves quicker in the middle and slower around the sides.
How do glaciers flow?
glaciers move slowly but when theres alot of rain the water and the glaciers move faster
How slow can a glacier move?
Glaciers on average only move a few inches per day. Some don't move at all. The Jakobshavn Isbræ glacier in Greenland moves 20 to 30 meters a day, while the Byrd Glacier in Antarctica, the biggest in the world, moves 2 - 3 meters a day. Some may move more quickly if they are affected by seismic invents that may happen near its location.
How does glacier change the earths surface?
they keep ripping the bottom of the earth as they move
