Interglacial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Interglacial is an adjective meaning Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
Meaning
Occurring between glaciations (colloquially known as ice ages).
More Meanings
- The relatively warm period between glacial periods.
Example Sentences
Palaeoenvironmental evidence from northwest Europe indicates that the oligocratic phase of the interglacial cycle (Fig. 3.1) had begun by ca. 5K years BP.
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.
Word Forms
- interglacials
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include interneoglacial, intraglacial, mediglacial, interpleniglacial, subglacial, interstadial.
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