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glacier
glacier Large mass of ice, mainly recrystallized snow, which moves slowly by creep downslope or outward in all directions due to the stress of its own weight. The flow terminates where the rate of melting is equal to the advance of the glacier. There are three main types: the
mountain or
valley glacier, originating above the snow line in mountain regions; the
piedmont, which develops when valley glaciers spread out over lowland; and the
ice-sheet and
ice-cap.
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Glaciers, ice and snow - critical keys to global change research - are focus of international conference in Fairbanks, Alaska.
PR Newswire; 6/11/1990; 700+ words
; ...systematic monitoring of glaciers in North America...increase in the rate of glacier melting and retreat...small advance of the glacier. "The unusual...future changes in glaciers to global warming...and monitoring of glaciers to determine the...natural processes on glacier systems. ...
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Glaciers on Mount Shasta keep growing
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 7/9/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...cut the number of glaciers at Montana's Glacier National Park from...benefiting Shasta's glaciers was feeding glacier growth in southern...world's mountain glaciers to shrink, said...the Ohio State glacier expert. "Best...
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Glaciers from Space: Tobias Bolch, Ulrich Kamp and Manfred F. Buchroithner examine new methods for mapping debris-covered glaciers at Mt. Everest, Nepal from Space.
Magazine article from: GEO: connexion; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...large number of glaciers simultaneously...exist several glacier mapping methods...moraines and glacier margins, particularly...the main valley glaciers. At Mount Everest...relatively rough glacier surface. Similar to the glaciers in the Alps...
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Artificial glaciers to meet water crisis in Ladakh.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 4/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...through the melting of natural glaciers," says Norphel. Norphel...Norphel built his 'artificial glacier' from stone embankments...resembling a long, thin glacier. The glacier man says artificial glaciers score over a natural one...
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Glacier Bancorp, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Citizens Bank Holding Company in Pocatello, Idaho.
PR Newswire; 12/16/2004; 700+ words
; Glacier Bancorp, Inc. today announced the signing...in Pocatello and Idaho Falls, Idaho. Glacier is a bank holding company with $3.0...Idaho, Utah and Washington. The boards of Glacier and Citizens unanimously approved the transaction...
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Glacier Bancorp will buy rival WesterFed
Magazine article from: Northwestern Financial Review; 10/21/2000; ; 700+ words
; Glacier Bancorp Inc. plans to buy rival WesterFed...completed, the acquisitions will boost Glacier, a seven-bank holding company, to...said Mick Blodnick, president and CEO of Glacier Bancorp. The $932 million Kalispell...
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Explaining glaciers, accurately: a geologist and two fourth-grade teachers team up to improve hands-on lessons that show how glaciers can change the Earth's landscape.
Magazine article from: Science and Children; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...s surface. Glacier Basics So, if glaciers don't push rocks...what do they do? Glaciers erode the Earth...Plucking is when the glacier "plucks" pieces...thinking about glaciers. For example...valley without the glacier (Glacial Valley...
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Glacier National Park: eye-popping scenery and classic lodges bring nature lovers to northwest Montana.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Travel America; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...near the community of West Glacier to the east entrance of the...miles. Though it's called Glacier National Park, you're not...to see one of the 37 named glaciers without taking to one of the...Blackfoot, Grinnell, or Sperry glacier requires a long day's walk...
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Swiss glaciers continue to melt. (News).
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 3/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...according to the Glacier Monitoring Service. Some 121 glaciers are regularly...shrinking in size of glaciers is not automatically...Mont Durand glacier, for example...could alpine glaciers disappear altogether...Certainly a major glacier like the Aletsch...
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Glaciers May Vanish From Alps by 2050
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...Zurich-based World Glacier Monitoring Service...steadily eroding. Glaciers are the planet...A bad year for a glacier is a dry winter...been seeing." "Glaciers have been in a general...be sure, a few glaciers have more staying...s Great Aletsch Glacier is still more than...
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Glaciers
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Glaciers Glaciers are large land-bound...ice . To be called a glacier, the ice mass must...continental and alpine glaciers. A continental glacier, as the name suggests...example of a valley glacier. Glaciers are responsible for...
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glaciers and glaciology
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
glaciers and glaciology A glacier will form whenever a body...calving) of icebergs where glaciers terminate in water. A glacier forms whenever the accumulation...and have fast-flowing glaciers. The Franz Josef glacier in New Zealand is a good...
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Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...latitudes, whereas glaciers are found from the...of ice within a glacier changes with depth...the surface of a glacier is also very cold...Earth. Many alpine glaciers are isothermal...liquid helps the glacier to slide over its bed. Deposits. Glaciers transport large...
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Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Climate Change
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...and understand why glaciers change over time. Glacier meltwater eventually...Europe, but mountain glaciers, too, had their role. Glacier change may be quantified...level rise. Modern Glacier Retreat. Mountain glaciers are always changing...
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Glacier
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
Glacier Glaciers are flowing masses of ice...to move, it is considered a glacier. Types of glaciers Glaciers that flow down a valley...that form hills. Piedmont glacier: Large, gently sloping glaciers found at the foot of mountains...
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