Sentences with phrase «meltwater lubrication»

Greenland glaciers fall into at least 4 common types, each with its own unique sensitivity to sea surface temperature, surface melting, meltwater lubrication, calving changes, etc..

> invoking the now dead notion of the Zwally effect, > that is enhanced meltwater lubrication being the > key to ice accleration

In fact immediately after the release of the paper one of the authors was quoting invoking the now dead notion of the Zwally effect, that is enhanced meltwater lubrication being the key to ice accleration, as the main reason for acceleration.

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Lubrication by meltwater is a contentious subject.

Numerous processes contribute to this, including the removal of buttressing ice shelves (i.e., ice tongues floating on water but in places anchored on islands or underwater rocks) or the lubrication of the ice sheet base by meltwater trickling down from the surface through cracks.