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Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3257-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3257-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
Research article
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02 Jun 2026
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2026

Seasonal glacier motion variations and underlying hydro-mechanical processes at Glacier d'Argentière, French Alps

Anuar Togaibekov, Adrien Gilbert, Florent Gimbert, and Andrea Walpersdorf

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Changes in water reaching the base of glaciers strongly affect their sliding speed by altering water pressure beneath the ice. High water pressure is often thought to develop during summer melt, enlarging cavities at the glacier base and increasing sliding speed. Our observations show instead that the cavities mainly grow during winter, when water pressure builds up in isolated cavities. As the cavities become connected during the melt season, water pressure decreases and the glacier slows down.
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