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from the surface down to wherever it may go. Water from a moulin often exits the glacier at base level, sometimes into the sea, and occasionally the lower end of a moulin may be exposed in the face of a glacier or at the edge of a stagnant block of
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Hoffman, Matthew J.; Perego, Mauro; Andrews, Lauren C.; Price, Stephen F.; Neumann, Thomas A.; Johnson, Jesse V.; Catania, Ginny; Lüthi, Martin P. (28 January 2018).
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They can be up to 10 meters wide and are typically found on ice sheets and flat areas of a glacier in a region of transverse
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may be formed. The role of this water in lubricating the base of ice sheets and glaciers is complex and it is implicated in
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Schematic drawing of glacial features illustrating how moulins transport surface water to the base of the glacier
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Phillips, T.; Leyk, S.; Rajaram, H.; Colgan, W.; Abdalati, W.; McGrath, D.; Steffen, K. (September 2011).
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Water from moulins may help lubricate the base of the glacier, affecting
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Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson, J.A., eds. (2005)
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Shaft within a glacier or ice sheet which water enters from the surface
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Moulins are parts of the internal structure of glaciers, that carry
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Index


Snowbird Glacier
Talkeetna Mountains


Athabasca Glacier
crevasses
glacier cave
meltwater
ice
glacial motion
tunnel valley
accelerating the speed of glaciers
glacial calving
Firn
Giant's kettle
Holocene glacial retreat
Melt pond
Névé
Sinkhole
Snake coils
Subglacial lake
Supraglacial lake
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