s ’ J MOVEMENTS OF GLACIERS t The general belief that a* glacier jj moves slowly and smoothly down a t mountain-side has been shattered. Inn vestigations covering seventeen years have shown that ice-fields move fore ward with spasdomic jerks as stress i. accumulates. d This was shown by a “diary” in the form of line scratched by two needles i on a clock-driven disc.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18536, 5 April 1930, Page 9 (Supplement)
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