One-year measurements of surface heat budget on the ablation zone of Antizana Glacier 15, Ecuadorian Andes.

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Gas and dust would have piled up in the dead zone, increasing its density and causing it to heat up by gravitational compression.

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But as the heat rose and the winds increased, they had to give up and move to the very center of the safety zone.

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