glacifluvial

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glacifluvial (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of glaciofluvial
    • 2006, Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, →ISBN:
      Besides meltwater, sediment flux is very important for determining glacifluvial landform type.
    • 2013, Andrew Goudie, Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, →ISBN, page 462:
      Glacifluvial sediment may be found in ice-contact environments (supraglacial, englacial, subglacial and ice-marginal) or proglacial environments beyond an apron of stagnant ice.
    • 2014, Douglas Benn, David J A Evans, Glaciers and Glaciation, →ISBN, page 353:
      Rather than being carried downglacier by ice flow, debris is more or less randomly reworked on the glacier surface, or scavenged by supraglacial and englacial streams and transported by the glacifluvial system.