单词 | glacio- |
释义 | glacio-comb. form Used as the combining form of Latin glaciēs ice. glacio-eustasy n. Brit. , U.S. , ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea level > changes in sea level reliction1603 retrogression1815 regression1902 glacio-eustatism1935 glacio-eustasy1962 1962 New 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’. glacio-eustatism n. Brit. , U.S. , ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > sea level > changes in sea level reliction1603 retrogression1815 regression1902 glacio-eustatism1935 glacio-eustasy1962 1935 H. Baulig Changing Sea Level 4 This kind of phenomena, for which the name glacio-eustatism would seem appropriate. 1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. vi. 142 Diastrophic eustatism is change of sea level resulting from variation in capacity of the ocean basins, whereas glacio-eustatism refers to changes in sea level produced by withdrawal or return of water to the oceans. glacio-eustatic adj. Brit. , U.S. , ΚΠ 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation vi. 152 The glacio-eustatic retreat of the seas at the time of the first glaciation. glacio-fluvial adj. Brit. , U.S. , ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [adjective] > streams with source in glacial ice glacio-fluvial1903 glacifluvial1937 1903 Amer. Geol. May 285 The glacio-fluvial deposits of the Wisconsin epoch. 1935 Discovery Mar. 78/1 Glacial and glacio-fluvial streams. glaciolacustrine adj. Brit. , U.S. , ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [adjective] laky1611 lacustrine1830 lacustral1843 lakish1872 glaciolacustrine1910 1910 Encycl. 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. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation vii. 162 The attribution of ancient deposits of similar type to the same cause, thus identifying them as glacio-lacustrine in origin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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