Glaciers
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Figure 2.26. S6racs in Perito Moreno Glacier at its outlet in the Argentine Lake, Patagonia, Argentina.
Photo: C. Sancho.
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(a)
(b)
w
(c)
(d)
k
J,
I
I
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Figure 2.27. Types of crevasses in a valley glacier. (a) Marginal (1 - old rotated crevasses, 2 - cracks of
new formation). (b) Transverse. (c) Splaying. (d) Terminal radial splaying. Arrow indicates the ice
movement direction (Sharp, 1960).
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Figure 2.26. S6racs in Perito Moreno Glacier at its outlet in the Argentine Lake, Patagonia, Argentina.
Photo: C. Sancho.
.'//I/////77,,,{
(a)
(b)
w
(c)
(d)
k
J,
I
I
//// ....
Figure 2.27. Types of crevasses in a valley glacier. (a) Marginal (1 - old rotated crevasses, 2 - cracks of
new formation). (b) Transverse. (c) Splaying. (d) Terminal radial splaying. Arrow indicates the ice
movement direction (Sharp, 1960).