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surging glacier

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surging glacier

Glacier that has periods, generally lasting one to four years, of very rapid flow (up to several metres per hour compared to normal glaciers which move at a rate of several metres per year) followed by periods of stagnation lasting up to ten years. Surging glaciers are heavily crevassed.
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