Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 10:56
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Glacial Movement and Seismicity

Did the large scale earth quake that happened off the coast of japan effect the glacier?

by, James and Conner per. 5

Wed, 04/27/2011 - 08:23

Michael Lampert

You know that is a cool question... I need to ask someone and get back to you... I imagine there are glaciers that cover fault lines and do crack during an earthquake, I know that in New Zealand during the big quake there a large chunk of ice fell into the ocean. If there were a crack on the surface it might look like a normal crevace... and it might fill in rather quickly.... I need to learn more.

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 10:36

Anonymous

We know that as glaciers melt and get smaller they begin to roll uncontrolably, if you were to put a massive amount of weight on one side of a really large glacier could you send it into the same spining effect? or would it just roll over once?

Mon, 05/02/2011 - 10:55

Anonymous

4-28-11We know that as glaciers melt and get smaller they begin to roll uncontrolably, if you were to put a massive amount of weight on one side of a really large glacier could you send it into the same spining effect? or would it just roll over once?
5-2-11
How big an effect do geothermal vents play towards glacial melt?

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 06:17

Michael Lampert

not sure how they roll... that sounds more like a snowball than a glacier...

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 09:19

Michael Lampert

fortunately there are no geothermal vents here, and I do not know the answer to this question, maybe someone can tell me if there is a geothermal vent in a glacier...