unit 4: glacier anatomy
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This work is supported by the National Science Foundation’s Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM program within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (DUE-1245025).
ANATOMY OF A TIDEWATER GLACIER
Unit 4: supplemental
TIDEWATER GLACIERS END IN THE OCEAN (SATELLITE VIEW)
Draining ice from the ice sheet to the ocean. The ice here is almost a mile thick.
Glacier terminus (boundary between glacier ice and ocean)
mélange (ocean water covered with sea ice and icebergs)
mountains
mountains