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glaciotectonic

glaciotectonic adjective: caused by glaciotectonism.

Adjective

glaciotectonic (not comparable)

  1. Caused by glaciotectonism.
    • Little glaciotectonic research was performed in North America until the latter part of the 1950s, due in part to the relatively low number of glacial scientists and the significantly larger and less developed area to study.2008, A Geophysical Investigation of Large-scale Glaciotectonic Deformation, →ISBN
    • Glaciotectonic structures and landforms were created throughout zones of former and modern glaciation as a result of glacier loading and movement on the crust.2011, Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, →ISBN, page 458

Origin of glaciotectonic

From glacio- + tectonic.

Questions about glaciotectonic

What does glaciotectonic mean?
Glaciotectonic means caused by glaciotectonism.
What part of speech is glaciotectonic?
Glaciotectonic is an adjective.

Words near glaciotectonic in the dictionary

  1. glaciometeorology
  2. glaciometer
  3. glaciometers
  4. glacionatant
  5. glaciophobic
  6. glaciotectonic
  7. glaciotectonically
  8. glaciotectonics
  9. glaciotectonism
  10. glaciotectonite
  11. glaciotectonites

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