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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Examples
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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.
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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
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Eventually it was fully reworked to become less readily distinguishable from other heavy supraglacial debris.
RealClimate 2009
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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
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Eventually it was fully reworked to become less readily distinguishable from other heavy supraglacial debris.
RealClimate 2009
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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
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Second, it doesn’t look like a split tongue, just a medial moraine with loads of supraglacial debris at the snout. gbalella
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2009/12/16: CCP: Ian Howat, AGU 2009: Complex relationship between Greenland's supraglacial meltwater drainage and fast-moving outlet glaciers
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