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Terrible_Cut_3336 t1_j1icjvj wrote

It is the flow of water. The frozen flow of water. Ice is still a liquid just with a rather high viscosity.

It flows via internal shear stress (deformation), basal melting resulting in sliding and/or if resting on a soft bed - subglacial deformation.

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Drumlin t1_j1jbva7 wrote

Well, it flows because of gravity.

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MentalClarityArts t1_j1lfkad wrote

No, no.. he's got point. None of the other things happening would matter without the downward force to cause the flow. It would just be a block or a puddle if it didn't have the gravity to pull it down.

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celebrityjeopardy t1_j2bix6f wrote

Isn’t ice, by definition, not still a liquid? It’s a solid, as in one of the three states of matter (solid, liquid, gas), no?

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