Supraglacial melt stream on the Mer de Glace3D Model
Supraglacial melt stream on the Mer de Glace
158
158 Downloads
666
666 Views
25Like
Triangles: 1.1M
Vertices: 552k
More model informationSupraglacial melt streams drain meltwater from the ablation zone of glaciers, often into a supraglacial pond or an opening in the glacier (e.g. a moulin or crevasse). The channels form when water is able to thermally erode a channel faster than the surrounding ice is melting. Melt streams also develop meanders similar to river channels, although the formation processes and timescales are different.
CC AttributionCreative Commons Attribution
Feb 15th 2016
Comments