Backward-moving glacier helps scientists explain glacial earthquakes
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
The relentless flow of a glacier may seem unstoppable, but a team of UK and US researchers have shown that during some calving events - when an iceberg breaks off into the ocean - the glacier moves rapidly backward and downward, causing the characteristic glacial earthquakes which until now have been poorly understood.