Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of glaciofluvial.
Besides meltwater, sediment flux is very important for determining glacifluvial landform type.
2006, Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, →ISBN2 more examples
Glacifluvial sediment may be found in ice-contact environments (supraglacial, englacial, subglacial and ice-marginal) or proglacial environments beyond an apron of stagnant ice.
2013, Andrew Goudie, Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, →ISBN, page 462Rather than being carried downglacier by ice flow, debris is more or less randomly reworked on the glacier surface, or scavenged by supraglacial and englacial streams and transported by the glacifluvial system.
2014, Douglas Benn, David J A Evans, Glaciers and Glaciation, →ISBN, page 353
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