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glaciation

DEFINITIONS OF: glaciation

1

n the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

Types:
Riss glaciation
the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time
Saale glaciation
the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time
Wolstonian glaciation
the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time
Type of:
geologic process, geological process
(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified

n 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”
Type of:
environmental condition
the state of the environment
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