Cryocratic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cryocratic is a noun meaning The glacial phase of ecological development, characterized by a cold, dry climate in which vegetation is sparse and lacking in diversity.
Meaning
The glacial phase of ecological development, characterized by a cold, dry climate in which vegetation is sparse and lacking in diversity.
Example Sentences
It is not known where the Karoo complex survived the cryocratic conditions.
The first phase was the cryocratic phase which existed in the ice-free parts of a glacial period.
Turner and West ( 1968 ) suggest that the phases of an interglacial period (cryocratic, protocratic , mesocratic , telocratic ) be considered as cenozones.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protocratic, mesocratic, oligocratic, cryochrept, dryas, cryophyte.
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