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subglacial Definition

sub·gla·cial (sub glās̸həl)

adjective

presently or formerly at the bottom of, or deposited beneath, a glacier a subglacial stream, a subglacial deposit

subglacial Related Forms
sub·gla·cially adverb
subglacial Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • diamict: These deposits are superimposed upon bedrock in the uplands, and subglacial diamict of rogen moraine morphology in the lowlands.
  • sediment: R.C.A. Hindmarsh ( 1997 ), " Deforming beds: viscous and plastic scales of deformation of subglacial sediment ' ' , Quat.
  • lake: Subglacial lakes in Antarctica were first identified in the 1960s.
  • channel: Rothlisberger H ( 1972 ) Water pressure in intra- and subglacial channels Jour.
  • process: This will be carried out by detailed ice cap survey; ice sheet modeling; and subglacial process.
  • pressure: Results suggest that the position of the terminus stream is sensitively dependent on subglacial water pressures.

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