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glaciation

[ UK /ɡlˌe‍ɪsɪˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɡɫeɪʃiˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
  2. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

How To Use glaciation In A Sentence

  • I will guess that the hypothesis is that the Earth enters a deglaciation period because of orbital parameters deglaciation occurs when the northern hemisphere winter is extra-cold and the northern hemisphere summer is extra-warm. "Crisis = opportunity + danger."
  • At the time Milankovitch did his work, it was generally assumed that four glaciations had occurred in the Alps during the Pleistocene, named Günz, Mindel, Riss and Würm. Milankovitch, Milutin
  • We've had glaciations and we've had warmer periods, and vegetation would creep back as the glaciers were retreating.
  • In the west, the fiordlands and alpine terrain of British Columbia attest to vigorous glaciation of high-relief mountains in a snowy, maritime climate.
  • Geologically young, the Rockies exhibit faulting, glaciation, and volcanism, resulting in rugged, spectacularly scenic terrain.
  • The effects of deglaciation on tropical regions are not fully understood, but ambient temperatures at equatorial latitudes were cooler by approximately 5C during the last glacial maximum.
  • This might be the result of genetically different populations or the populations that have emerged from different geohistorical periods depending on deglaciation processes.
  • Differences in abiotic factors such as differential effects of glaciation and sea-level changes on land and in the sea may also greatly influence biogeographic patterns.
  • Then the amount of snowfall tapers off during the next 200 years of deglaciation.
  • I know it's not as well understood - but what is the approximate time frame over which carbon dioxide values returned to normal after the catastrophic deglaciations in the late Precambrian?
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