postglacial
postglacial
Definition
post·gla·cial (-glā′s̸həl)
adjective
existing or happening after the disappearance of glaciers from a specific area, esp. after the Pleistocene Epoch
postglacial
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- period: Their present morphology was formed principally during the last glacial cycle ( The Midlandian ), with subsequent modification throughout the postglacial Holocene period.
- climate: It is now recognized that the postglacial climate has been not only changable but highly complex with different changes taking place in different regions.
- time: It is found at sites relatively unchanged in postglacial times, where flushes have a stable hydrological balance.
- rise: Postglacial sea level rise produced drowned valleys or rias forming deep estuarine inlets.
- environment: University of Exeter Geography Research: late glacial and postglacial environments in Scotland, South-West England, Norway and Iceland.
- change: Such casts have here been used to record my conclusions as to the postglacial changes in the vegetation of the district.
Modifying Another Word
- early: WOODMAN, P. 1999 The Early Postglacial Settlement of Arctic Europe.
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