Originally Posted By: John M Reynolds
I live on the Canadian Shield... so tides is not a factor here. Sorry.


I think you'll find that even there, the lunar/tidal effect causes your elevation to change by up to 10 or more centimeters, twice/day.

So glaciers too would experience this effect, but I don't think it could cause any "scouring," as the scale would be too local. Similarly, I don't think there will be any sliding due to tidal/elevation changes; but just a slight overall heating (melting/refreezing on a nano/meso scale) of the glacial masses and sea ice (just like with the ocean tides).

CheerS.A.
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p.s. Really cool find Mike K. Thanks!

Last edited by samwik; 06/11/08 06:17 AM. Reason: add p.s.
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