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    Glaciology (from Latin glacies 'frost, ice' and Ancient Greek λόγος (logos) 'subject matter'; lit. 'study of ice') is the scientific study of glaciers...
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    Ablation (section Glaciology)
    spacecraft material for ascent and atmospheric reentry, ice and snow in glaciology, biological tissues in medicine and passive fire protection materials...
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  • In glaciology, starvation occurs when a glacier retreats, not because of temperature increases, but due to precipitation so low that the ice flow downward...
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    xiii+553+555 pp. Kalesnik, S.V. (1939). Obshchaya glyatsiologiya [General glaciology]. Uchpedgiz, Leningrad, 328 pp. (in Russian) Tronov, M.V. (1956). Voprosy...
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    role in their discipline (clockwise): Leonhard Euler (mathematics) Louis Agassiz (glaciology) Auguste Piccard (aeronautics) Albert Einstein (physics)...
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    Jacob: Glaciology and Atmospheric Chemistry,  France Luca Ficara: Chef,  Italy Guillaume Poirot: Mechanic,  France Giampietro Casasanta: Glaciology and Atmospheric...
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    by humans. Glaciology is the study of the cryosphere, including glaciers and coverage of the Earth by ice and snow. Concerns of glaciology include access...
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    V. Results of Investigations into High Mountain Geomorphology, Paleo-Glaciology and Climatology of the Pleistocene". GeoJournal. 47 (1–2): 3–276. doi:10...
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    meteorology Coastal geography Environmental management Geomorphology Glaciology Hydrology and hydrography Landscape ecology Oceanography Palaeogeography...
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    ecohydrology. Glaciology is the study of glaciers and ice sheets, or more commonly the cryosphere or ice and phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology groups the...
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