interglacial
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interglacial
Rhymes with -eɪʃəl
adjective
- Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages). Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.
noun interglacials
- The relatively warm period between glacial periods. The climatic recession which produced Britain's last glaciers came rapidly to an end about 10,000 bp, as temperatures rose during the end of the protocratic phase of the present interglacial.
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adj occurring between glaciations
| Français | interglaciaire, post-glaciaire |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | interglazial |
| Tiếng Việt | gian băng |
noun relatively warm period between glacial periods
| Deutsch | Warmzeit, Interglazial |
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title = {interglacial},
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