Meanings
- uncountableThe structural deformation of rocks and sediments as a direct consequence of glacial movement or glacial loading.
Similar to the Weichselian glacial setting, the glacial deposits in the Saalian successions were also strongly affected by glaciotectonics.
2012, M. Huuse, J. Redfern, D. P. Le Heron, Glaciogenic Reservoirs and Hydrocarbon Systems, →ISBN, page 472 more examples
Glaciotectonics became a very popular area of research in The Netherlands during the 1950s due to the ice-shoved ridges being the most dominant topographic features in an otherwise flat country.
2008, A Geophysical Investigation of Large-scale Glaciotectonic Deformation, →ISBN, page 2The study of glaciotectonics expanded significantly in the middle twentieth century, primarily in Europe and North America, and by the late twentieth century had become an integrated part of glacial theory.
2011, Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, →ISBN, page 445
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