GLACIOLOGY


Meaning of GLACIOLOGY in English

Collectively, the branches of science concerned with the causes and modes of ice accumulation and with ice action, on the earth's surface. Specifically, the branch of geology which studies the effects of glacial epochs, glaciation, and ice in modifying the earth's surface and in affecting the life and distribution of plants and animals.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.