glaciotectonics
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The structural deformation of rocks and sediments as a direct consequence of glacial movement or glacial loading.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Glaciotectonics became a very popular area of research in The Netherlands during the 1950s due to the ice-shoved ridges being the most dominant topographic features in an otherwise flat country."
- "The study of glaciotectonics expanded significantly in the middle twentieth century, primarily in Europe and North America, and by the late twentieth century had become an integrated part of glacial theory."
- "Similar to the Weichselian glacial setting, the glacial deposits in the Saalian successions were also strongly affected by glaciotectonics."
Etymology
From glacio- + tectonics.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: glacio