Sentences with phrase «ocean tides lifting»

That slip corresponds to ocean tides lifting up and setting down the Ross Ice Shelf.

The twice - daily lurches and icequakes are thought to arise from ocean tides lifting the ice so that it can slide over the sticky spot, relieving mechanical strain that has built up on the glacier since the last high tide.

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The ice stretches over these sticking points twice per day as the tide lifts up and sets down the Ross Ice Shelf, a 1,100 - foot - thick slab of ice the size of Spain that hangs over the ocean several hundred miles away.