Earth:Hanging glacier
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A hanging glacier originates high on the wall of a glacial valley and descends only part of the way to the surface of the main glacier and abruptly stops, typically at a cliff.[1] Avalanching and icefalls are the mechanisms for ice and snow transfer to the valley floor below.[1]
Rock and icefall from a hanging glacier was responsible for triggering the Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide in 2002, which killed 125 people.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Glossary of Glacier Terminology". United States Geological Survey. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1216/glaciertypes/glaciertypes.html.
- ↑ Lindsey, Rebecca. "Collapse of the Kolka Glacier". Earth Observatory. NASA. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Kolka/kolka.php.
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