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Does glacial advance or glacial retreat mean that a glacier has more or less ice?

April 26, 2017Glacial Glacier Ice mean retreat

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Does glacial advance or glacial retreat mean that a glacier has more or less ice?

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• In general, a change in the position of a glacier snout is a good indication of change taking place in the total amount of ice in the glacier, but the relationship is not direct; the position of the snout is only an indicator, it does not give exact information about changes (or otherwise) in the amount of ice in the glacier.