Explore Subglacial through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Subglacial in a sentence
Subglacial meaning
- Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.
- Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow.
Using Subglacial
- The main meaning on this page is: Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice. | Moving at a rate allegedly slower than a glacier; extremely slow.
- In the example corpus, subglacial often appears in combinations such as: of subglacial, subglacial erosion.
Context around Subglacial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Subglacial
- In this selection, "subglacial" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gumburtsev, erosion, flows and river stand out and add context to how "subglacial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include assessment of subglacial flows and caused by subglacial water that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "subglacial" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with subglacial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Subglacial till: The deforming glacier bed. (6 words)
The feature may indicate the presence of a subglacial river. (10 words)
They served as subglacial drainage pathways carrying large volumes of melt water. (12 words)
Of the 66 valley systems studied, the researchers identified 22 as being formed from subglacial erosion: 14 fluvial, nine glacial, three sapping, and 18 indeterminate. (25 words)
Through picking up possible signatures of highly concentrated salts, the paper suggests that Ultimi Scopuli’s subglacial waters are made of perchlorate brinesa hypersaline solution. (25 words)
This material is mostly derived from the subglacial erosion and entrainment by the moving ice of the glaciers of previously available unconsolidated sediments. (23 words)
Example sentences (10)
Because in the conventional method, it required a ground-level assessment of subglacial flows.
Of the 66 valley systems studied, the researchers identified 22 as being formed from subglacial erosion: 14 fluvial, nine glacial, three sapping, and 18 indeterminate.
The feature may indicate the presence of a subglacial river.
Through picking up possible signatures of highly concentrated salts, the paper suggests that Ultimi Scopuli’s subglacial waters are made of perchlorate brinesa hypersaline solution.
Nearly all of the quakes took place near the Gumburtsev Subglacial Mountains, say the researchers.
Subglacial till: The deforming glacier bed.
Their cross-sections exhibit steep-sided flanks similar to fjord walls, and their flat bottoms are typical of subglacial glacial erosion.
They served as subglacial drainage pathways carrying large volumes of melt water.
This material is mostly derived from the subglacial erosion and entrainment by the moving ice of the glaciers of previously available unconsolidated sediments.
This process, called plucking, is caused by subglacial water that penetrates fractures in the bedrock and subsequently freezes and expands.
Common combinations with subglacial
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of subglacial 3×
- subglacial erosion 2×