glacial movement
Frozen river's drift
Glacial movement is the slow flow of a glacier across land, driven by gravity and the weight of accumulated ice.
Glaciers move inches to feet per day, advancing, retreating, or surging depending on climate conditions.
The phrase also describes anything extremely slow: The project proceeded at a glacial pace.
Bureaucratic reform happens through glacial movement at best.
- striationsParallel linear markings
- erraticsGlacier-carried boulders
- erosionGradual wearing away
- cirquesGlacier-carved mountain hollows
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
moraines · ice core analysis · sedimentation · landslides · continental drift · ice flow · river of ice · calving · plucking · sea-level rise · terminus · creep · boulder · climate modeling · iceberg · polar · polar ice cap · ancient ice
glacial movementrapid movement
Quick locomotion or action
lightning speed · volcanic eruption · flash flood · avalanche · landslide
glacial movementexplosive force
Energy from detonation
volcanic activity · seismic activity · turbulent flow · pyroclastic flow