单词 | fluvio- |
释义 | fluvio-comb. form used as combining form of Latin fluvius river: ˌfluvio-ˈglacial adj. Brit. , U.S. pertaining to or produced by the action of streams which have their source in glacial ice, or the combined action of rivers and glaciers.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [adjective] > by water or ice Neptunian1774 aqueous1802 diluvial1816 neptunean1843 neptunic1851 torrential1861 fluviolacustrine1864 hydrogenous1889 aqueo-glacial1892 fluvio-glacial1894 solution1894 paralic1914 1894 Geol. Mag. Jan. 30 The younger fluvio-glacial gravel deposits of the Limmat valley. 1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 319 Fluvio-glacial, if not direct glacial deposits. 1970 R. J. Small Study of Landforms xi. 389 A number of different fluvio-glacial features are found at or very close to the margins of an ice-sheet. The best known of these are karnes, karne-terraces and eskers. ˌfluviolaˈcustrine adj. Brit. , U.S. pertaining to or produced by the action of both rivers and lakes.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [adjective] > by water or ice Neptunian1774 aqueous1802 diluvial1816 neptunean1843 neptunic1851 torrential1861 fluviolacustrine1864 hydrogenous1889 aqueo-glacial1892 fluvio-glacial1894 solution1894 paralic1914 1864 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 20 i. 383 The fluvio-lacustrine series, consisting of deposits from lakes fed by mountain-rivers. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation ix. 180 It [sc. tangue] is a fluvio-lacustrine silt, which has been reworked by the sea. fluviology n. Brit. , U.S. potamology; the facts and conditions relating to a river or river-system.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > hydrography > [noun] > potamology potamology1829 fluviology1904 1904 Amer. Geol. Jan. 43 The modern science of fluviology. 1924 Glasgow Herald 13 Dec. 8 An unexpected addition to the fluviology of Glasgow. ˈfluvio-marine adj. Brit. , U.S. an epithet applied to deposits formed by river-currents at the bottom of the sea; also quasi-n.ΚΠ 1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Fluvio-marine. 1852 E. Forbes in G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes (1861) xiv. 505 The fluvio-marine portion of them [the Eocenes]. 1852 E. Forbes in G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes (1861) xiv. 509 The whole series of fluvio-marines. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xi. 204 The fluvio-marine beds of Abbeville. fluviˈometer n. Brit. , U.S. [compare French fluviomètre (1865)] an instrument for measuring the rise and fall of rivers.ΚΠ 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi iii. 70 The only fluviometer at Tette..was set up at our suggestion. ˌfluvio-teˈrrestrial adj. Brit. , U.S. pertaining to the land-surface of the globe and its rivers.ΚΠ 1885 Gill in Proc. Biol. Soc. II. 30 The marine realms..are entirely independent of the fluvio-terrestrial. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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