Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The scientific study of glaciers and their effects on the landscape.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of the formation and action of glaciers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the study of
ice and its effect on thelandscape , especially the study ofglaciers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Unlike the Alps, the Himalayas has a patchy photographic record and the history of scientific glaciology is short.
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'glaciology', with water as glaciers and polar ice; 'climatology', with the role of water in Earth's climate.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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'glaciology', with water as glaciers and polar ice; 'climatology', with the role of water in Earth's climate.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'glaciology', with water as glaciers and polar ice; 'climatology', with the role of water in Earth's climate.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'glaciology', with water as glaciers and polar ice; 'climatology', with the role of water in Earth's climate.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'glaciology', with water as glaciers and polar ice; 'climatology', with the role of water in Earth's climate.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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'glaciology', with water as glaciers and polar ice; 'climatology', with the role of water in Earth's climate.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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In Uzbekistan, half of the rivers in the Tashkent area rely on water from glaciers, said Maxim Petrov, head of glaciology at the Academy of Sciences.
Everest's ice is retreating as climate change grips the Himalayas 2011
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Like all natural systems, the formation and deformation of glaciers is extraordinarily complex, enough so to warrant an entire branch of science (glaciology).
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Like all natural systems, the formation and deformation of glaciers is extraordinarily complex, enough so to warrant an entire branch of science (glaciology).
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