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Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.

Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
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Cook, John E.
Effects of winds on glaciers flowing from the Greenland ice sheet into fjords.
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04/01/2010
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 48, No. 1, pg. 16:
When the winds die down--
When the wind stops, the flow of water reverses. Cooler surface layers move away from the glacier, and deeper, warmer waters flow from the ocean, reaching into the fjord and all the way to the front of the glacier.
Illustration by Jack Cook
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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