Geography

Explain Glacier Movement

Explain Glacier Movement

This article focus on to Explain Glacier Movement. Here discuss on Movement of ice sheets and Movement of valley glaciers. Movement of ice sheets is an ice sheet moves downslope in various bearings from a focal region of high elevation and is not limited to a channel or valley. Movement of valley glaciers can move more than 15 meters a day. The bigger volumes of ice on steeper inclines move more rapidly than the ice on the more delicate slants more remote down the valley. Finally discuss on Basal sliding and plastic flow.