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glaciation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | environmental condition |
| Derivation | glacial, glaciate |
Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe.
glaciation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | geologic process, geological process |
| Has types | riss glaciation, saale glaciation, wolstonian glaciation |
| Derivation | glacial, glaciate |
Examples of glaciation
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This tendency progresses until glaciation phase that closes each climatic cycle.
From the sciencedaily.com
Also, the authors use the onset of a bipolar seesaw as the marker of glaciation.
From the dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
Tropical to mid-latitude snow and ice accumulation, flow and glaciation on Mars.
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It's not the first time that plants have been fingered as a cause of glaciation.
From the newscientist.com
Glaciation has played an important but incompletely understood role in the park.
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At 10,000 years BCE the last glaciation ended, the Andean forest appeared again.
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The isthmus'terrain has been influenced dramatically by the Weichsel glaciation.
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This term is also used for the last glacial period of the Quaternary glaciation.
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As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation.
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- The condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action; "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe"
- (glacial) relating to or derived from a glacier; "glacial deposit"
- (glacial) frigid: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
- (glacial) arctic: extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
- (glaciated) covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action
- A glacial period is an interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate within an ice age. ...
- (Glacial (short story)) Galactic North (ISBN 0-575-07910-X, published by Gollancz) is a collection of short stories by the science fiction author Alastair Reynolds. It comprises most of Reynold's short stories and novellas set in the Revelation Space universe.
- (Glaciated) A glacier (pronounced or) is a persistent body of ice that flows and originates on land. Evidence of glacier flow is exhibited by glacier features such as crevasses. ...
- (glacial) of, or relating to glaciers; very slowly; cold and icy; having the appearance of ice; cool and unfriendly
