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cryoconites

cryoconites is the plural of cryoconite.

Meaning of cryoconite

Noun

cryoconite (countable and uncountable, plural cryoconites)

  1. Dark silt accumulating mainly from airborne volcanic sediment or soot from artificial pollution, or detritus in water of ablation from ice sheets or glaciers. Cryoconite typically appears either as surface discoloration or in cryoconite holes.
    • In these environments the cryoconite, a wind-borne fine debris deposited on glacier surfaces, represents a potential sink for organic and inorganic pollutants because of its high content of organic matter.2019, Condensed Matter Researches in Cryospheric Science, →ISBN

Questions about cryoconites

What is cryoconites the plural of?
Cryoconites is the plural of cryoconite.

Words near cryoconites in the dictionary

  1. cryocondition
  2. cryoconditions
  3. cryoconite
  4. cryoconite hole
  5. cryoconite holes
  6. cryoconites
  7. cryoconservation
  8. cryoconserve
  9. cryoconserved
  10. cryocontainer
  11. cryocontainers

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