glaciohydraulic

English

Etymology

glacio- +‎ hydraulic

Adjective

glaciohydraulic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a supercooling effect by which flow and pressure at the base of a glacier allow water to remains liquid below the temperature at which it would otherwise freeze.
    • 2007, Justin J. Johnson, Meltwater Reservoirs of the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska, page 20:
      Another factor that can prolong drainage of meltwater reservoirs and result in large K values is glaciohydraulic supercooling, a process that has been well documented at the Matanuska Glacier.
    • 2011, Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, page 439:
      Figure 1 The process of glaciohydraulic supercooling.
    • 2014, F. Jourdan, D.F. Mark, C. Verati, Advances in 40Ar/39Ar Dating (page 259)
      […] described a glaciohydraulic supercooling mechanism that has been observed to entrain large amounts of detritus in basal ice.
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