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English
Etymology
From glacio- + aqueous.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gla‧ci‧o‧a‧que‧ous
Adjective
glacioaqueous (not comparable)
- (geology) Relating to, or formed by, both ice and water.
- Synonym: aqueoglacial
- The glacioaqueous interactions of water and ice can have a significant effect on the local geology
December 20, 2014, Patsy Gernster, Henry Darwin Rogers, 1808–1866: American Geologist, University of Alabama Press, page 113: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.
References
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2005, Klaus K. E. Neuendorf, American Geological Institute, Glossary of Geology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 273: