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radioglaciology

noun

  1. the use of ice-penetrating radar to investigate the thickness, roughness, motion, and debris of a body of ice, and to measure and detect crevasses and sub-ice lakes
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English radio- English glaciology English radioglaciology From radio- + glaciology.

  1. The study of glaciers and ice sheets using radar.