- subglacial
- adjective Date: 1820 of or relating to the bottom of a glacier or the area immediately underlying a glacier • subglacially adverb
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subglacial — [sub glā′shəl] adj. presently or formerly at the bottom of, or deposited beneath, a glacier [a subglacial stream, a subglacial deposit] subglacially adv … English World dictionary
Subglacial — Sub*gla cial, a. Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
subglacial — subglacially, adv. /sub glay sheuhl/, adj. 1. beneath a glacier: a subglacial stream. 2. formerly beneath a glacier: a subglacial deposit. [1810 20; SUB + GLACIAL] * * * … Universalium
subglacial — a) Formed or accumulated in or by the bottom parts of a glacier or ice sheet; said of meltwater streams, till, moraine, etc. b) Pertaining to the area immediately beneath a glacier, as subglacial eruption or subglacial drainage. GG … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
subglacial — /sʌbˈgleɪʃəl/ (say sub glayshuhl), / ˈgleɪsiəl/ (say glayseeuhl) adjective 1. beneath a glacier: a subglacial stream. 2. formerly beneath a glacier: a subglacial deposit. –subglacially, adverb …
subglacial — adjective Formed, or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice It is also this melting beneath the ice (subglacial, suppose we call it) which loosens the ice from the ground … Wiktionary
Subglacial lake — A subglacial lake is a lake under a glacier, typically an ice cap or ice sheet. There are many such lakes, with Lake Vostok in Antarctica being by far the largest at present times.The water below the ice remains liquid since geothermal heating… … Wikipedia
Subglacial eruption — A subglacial eruption is a volcanic eruption that has occurred under ice, or under a glacier. Subglacial eruptions can cause dangerous floods, lahars and create hyaloclastite and pillow lava. Only five of these types of eruptions have been… … Wikipedia
Subglacial volcano — A subglacial volcano is a volcanic form produced by subglacial eruptions or eruptions beneath the surface of a glacier or ice sheet which is then melted into a lake by the rising lava. Today they are most common in Iceland and Antarctica; older… … Wikipedia
Subglacial mound — A subglacial mound (SUGM) is a rounded subglacial volcano. These kinds of volcanoes form when lava erupts beneath a thick glacier or ice sheet.cite web | title = Types of volcanoes | work = Volcanoes of Canada | publisher = Geological Survey of… … Wikipedia
subglacial till — Till deposited beneath, in, or by the bottom part of a glacier or ice sheet; subglacial till types include lodgment till, subglacial flow till, and subglacial melt out till. Compare: till and supraglacial till. SW & GM … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
