glacioaqueous

adj

glacioaqueous

adj

Etymology From glacio- + aqueous.

1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Relating to, or formed by, both ice and water.

  • The glacioaqueous interactions of water and ice can have a significant effect on the local geology
  • Some, like Hitchcock, whose studies in Massachusetts convinced him that ice played a role, thought it more appropriate to talk of a glacioaqueous theory to reflect combined forces of water and ice.December 20, 2014, Patsy Gernster, Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808–1866: American Geologist, University of Alabama Press, page 113:
Related terms
glaciofluvial

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