‘Tiger stripes’ underneath Antarctic glaciers slow the flow
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 8 November, 2013
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Researchers have discovered that most resistance to the movement of glaciers over the underlying bedrock comes from narrow, high-friction stripes that lie within large, extremely slippery areas underneath the glacier. These stripes are thought to govern the speed at which Antarctic glaciers are moving....