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What is the reason why crevasses in glaciers only be 50 meters deep?
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Why are the uppermost 50 meters of a glacier referred to as the zone of fracture?
The zone of fracture experiences tension hen the glacier moves over irregular terrain. This tension results in gaping cracks called crevasses. Crevasses can be 50 meters deep. They are often hidden by snow and make travel across glaciers dangerous.
Do glaciers contain saltwater?
Glaciers are formed from the compaction of snow, therefore they are strictly a fresh water formation.
How many meters deep is the earth?
Roughly 40,000 meters from sea level.
How much dirt is in a hole that is 4 meters long 2 meters wide and 1 meters deep?
8m3
How deep is ik kil?
the Cenote at Ik-Kil, according to our tour guide, is 50 meters deep and the water surface is about 30 meters below ground
Why are the uppermost 50 meters of a glacier referred to as the zone of fracture?
The zone of fracture experiences tension hen the glacier moves over irregular terrain. This tension results in gaping cracks called crevasses. Crevasses can be 50 meters deep. They are often hidden by snow and make travel across glaciers dangerous.
Why do crevasses form on the surface of glaciers?
A crevasse is a large fissure, or crack, in something although it is usually applied to a glacier.
What are the deep clefts found in the top of a glacier?
Crevasses
Fissure or deep cleft in glacial ice?
crevasses
Where was the most recent cave in Antarctica found?
Antarctica is not known for its caves. However, as glaciers calve off the continent forming ice tongues, there are essentially 'inverted crevasses' that one can enter from the beach. Since these are movable, ventures into these structures is temporary and not deep.
Why can crevasses in glaciers only be 50M deep?
Plastic flow occurs below that depth.
Where do petrels live?
Petrels normally live in deep rock crevasses or in rocky cliffs.
How deep is 200 meters?
Answer: 200 meters deep = 656.167 feet deep.
Why do continental glaciers smooth the landscape and alpine glaciers create ragged landscape?
I only know that alpine glaciers can carve deep u-shaped valleys in the mountains.
Why is Lake Sebago in Maine so deep?
lake sebago is <2000 metres deep.
Is Lake Erie deep?
In meters, Lake Erie is 64 meters deep.
What is a deep inlet of the sea carved by melting glaciers called.?
fjord
