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surging glacier

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surging glacier [′sərj·iŋ ′glā·shər]
(hydrology)
A glacier that alternates periodically between surges (brief periods of rapid flow) and stagnation.


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The number of earthquakes that occur beneath surging glaciers in Greenland has doubled in the past 4 years, another possible effect of the melting ice sheet there.
 
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