Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glacioeustasy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glacioeusta-sy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a change in sea level due to the uptake or release of water from glaciers and polar ice

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Subtidal, carbonate and carbonate-clastic symmetric cycles are interpreted to form when the long-term, tectonically driven eustasy prevails over glacioeustasy."
"Our data suggest that a large part of the regression associated with the deposition of the SS is not primarily controlled by glacioeustasy."
"Asthensosphere adjustment effects in the mantle can extend far away from the site of ice loading, called “far field effects”, one of the reasons glacioeustasy effects are not exactly similar on all coasts world-wide."

Etymology

From glacio- + eustasy.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

glacioeustatic

Questions

What does glacioeustasy mean?: a change in sea level due to the uptake or release of water from glaciers and polar ice
Where does glacioeustasy come from?: From glacio- + eustasy.

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