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A quick or sharp movement from the glacier could cause the crevasse. Fast increases in temperature or the overall global warming can cause the glaciers to form crevasses as well. Also in some cases water flows can cause or deepen crevasses.
1 Transverse crevasses are the most common crevasse type. 2  They form in a zone of longitudinal extension where the principal stresses are parallel to the direction of glacier flow, creating extensional tensile stress. 3  These crevasses stretch across the glacier transverse to the flow direction, or cross-glacier. Transverse crevasses are the most common crevasse type. 2  They form in a zone of longitudinal extension where the principal stresses are parallel to the direction of glacier flow, creating extensional tensile stress. 3  These crevasses stretch across the glacier transverse to the flow direction, or cross-glacier.