GLACIER SIMULATION
▸ Building the valley & glacier…
▸ Loading accumulation / ablation zones & ELA
▸ Starting plastic ice flow
▸ Linking the mass-balance model
▸ Calibrating Milankovitch cycles…
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Mass balance
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Accumulation vs Ablation
Temperature
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Ice extent
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Net balance
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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.
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Ice extent & temperature over time
ice extent
temperature