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ice-marginal

ice-marginal adjective: relating to a volcanic eruption that is neither supraglacial nor subglacial, but where the lava flow comes into direct contact with the margin of a glacier or ice sheet.

Adjective

ice-marginal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a volcanic eruption that is neither supraglacial nor subglacial, but where the lava flow comes into direct contact with the margin of a glacier or ice sheet.

Questions about ice-marginal

What does ice-marginal mean?
Ice-marginal means relating to a volcanic eruption that is neither supraglacial nor subglacial, but where the lava flow comes into direct contact with the margin of a glacier or ice sheet.
What part of speech is ice-marginal?
Ice-marginal is an adjective.

Words near ice-marginal in the dictionary

  1. ice-free
  2. ice-hearted
  3. ice-house
  4. ice-houses
  5. ice-jack
  6. ice-marginal
  7. ice-minus
  8. ice-out
  9. ice-outs
  10. ice-pail
  11. ice-pails

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