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glacio-|ˈgleɪsɪəʊ, ˈgleɪʃɪəʊ| used as the combining form of L. glaciēs ice, as in ˌglacio-ˈeustasy, -ˈeustatism, changes in the sea-level caused by the waxing and waning of ice-sheets; hence ˌglacio-euˈstatic adj.; ˌglacio-ˈfluvial a. = fluvio-glacial adj.; ˌglaciolaˈcustrine a., of or pertaining to a lake or lakes deriving water from the melting of ice.
1962New Scientist 2 Aug. 243/1 Given a few decades or millenia of warmer summers, and the glaciers melt; the hydrologic balance swings to the positive side and the ocean level rises. This is the phenomenon of ‘glacio⁓eustasy’.
1963D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation vi. 152 The glacio-eustatic retreat of the seas at the time of the first glaciation.
1935H. Baulig Changing Sea Level 4 This kind of phenomena, for which the name glacio-eustatism would seem appropriate. 1954Glacio-eustatism [see eustatic a.].
1903Amer. Geol. May 285 The glacio-fluvial deposits of the Wisconsin epoch. 1935Discovery Mar. 78/1 Glacial and glacio-fluvial streams.
1910Encycl. Brit. XII. 59/1 Professor Chamberlin and other American geologists have recognized the following stages in the glaciation of North America:.. The Glacio-lacustrine substage. 1963D. W. & E. E. Humphries tr. Termier's Erosion & Sedimentation vii. 162 The attribution of ancient deposits of similar type to the same cause, thus identifying them as glacio-lacustrine in origin. |