GLACIER SIMULATION

▸ Building the valley & glacier…
▸ Loading accumulation / ablation zones & ELA
▸ Starting plastic ice flow
▸ Linking the mass-balance model
▸ Calibrating Milankovitch cycles…
▸ Ready — Online. ✅
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Simulation room Glaciers

Glaciers & Ice Ages
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advance · retreat · U-shape carving
Mass balance
⚖️ Accumulation vs Ablation
Temperature
Ice extent
Net balance
Landform created
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Note
Though solid, ice still flows plastically under its own weight — it both flows and grinds the bed into a U-shaped valley.
Drag "Temperature" or pick a "Scenario" (ice age / interglacial / Milankovitch) · click a zone / concept for details
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Ice extent & temperature over time ice extenttemperature