glaciofluvial

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adjective

Pertaining to water flowing on, in, or against glaciers or ice sheets.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectiveglaciofluvial (not comparable)

alternative glacifluvial

  1. not comparablePertaining to water flowing on, in, or against glaciers or ice sheets.

    Trends in dominance of glaciofluvial deposits or of till and lacustrine deposits can be recognized.

    1902, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper - Volume 1418, →ISBN, page 17
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    Another unusual ice-contact feature is an esker, a long, narrow, steep-sided ridge of glaciofluvial sand and gravel inhabiting a glaciated area.

    1988, Robert Phillip Sharp, Living Ice: Understanding Glaciers and Glaciation, page 149

    During the last decade, there has been a growing interest in understanding the nature of groundwater resources of Finnish glaciofluvial deposits and in the production of artificial groundwater in order to protect future water supplies.

    2003, Joni Mäkinen, The Development of Depositional Environments Within the Interlobate Säkylänharju-Virttaankangas Glaciofluvial Complex in SW Finland, page 7

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Finnish glasifluviaalinen
  • glasifluviaalinenpertaining to water flowing on, in, or against glaciers or ice sheets

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