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Term: Surging glacier
Definition: A glacier that experiences a dramatic increase in flow rate, 10 to 100 times faster than its normal rate; usually surge events last less than one year and occur periodically, between 15 and 100 years.
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Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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