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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.