Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as superglacial.

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  • adjective of, relating to, or situated or occurring at the surface of a glacier

Etymologies

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supra- +‎ glacial

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Examples

  • In his survey, Fassett found dozens of other Amazonian-era ice deposits that spawned supraglacial and proglacial valleys, most of them located on the interior and exterior of craters in Mars 'midlatitude belt.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2010

  • In his survey, Fassett found dozens of other Amazonian-era ice deposits that spawned supraglacial and proglacial valleys, most of them located on the interior and exterior of craters in Mars 'mid-latitude belt.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Eventually it was fully reworked to become less readily distinguishable from other heavy supraglacial debris.

    RealClimate 2009

  • Data for the mid-1980s indicate the rock avalanches exceeded pre-existing supraglacial debris by roughly five times and, over a 30 year period, will equal almost 500 years of normal supraglacial transport to the glacier margins.

    RealClimate 2009

  • Eventually it was fully reworked to become less readily distinguishable from other heavy supraglacial debris.

    RealClimate 2009

  • Data for the mid-1980s indicate the rock avalanches exceeded pre-existing supraglacial debris by roughly five times and, over a 30 year period, will equal almost 500 years of normal supraglacial transport to the glacier margins.

    RealClimate 2009

  • Second, it doesn’t look like a split tongue, just a medial moraine with loads of supraglacial debris at the snout. gbalella

    Stumped in Alberta « Climate Audit 2006

  • 2009/12/16: CCP: Ian Howat, AGU 2009: Complex relationship between Greenland's supraglacial meltwater drainage and fast-moving outlet glaciers

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

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