Definition of postglacial in English:

postglacial

adjective pəʊs(t)ˈɡleɪsɪəlpəʊs(t)ˈɡleɪʃ(ə)lˌpōs(t)ˈɡlāSH(ə)l

Geology

Relating to the period since the last (Weichsel or Devensian) glaciation, from the sudden rise in temperature that marks the beginning of the Flandrian about 10,000 years ago.
〔地质〕冰期后的。比较LATE-GLACIAL
Compare with late-glacial
Example sentencesExamples
- For most Pacific islands, postglacial isostatic effects led to a relative highstand of five to eight feet in regional sea level during mid-Holocene time, peaking perhaps 4,000 years ago.
- The widespread abundance of peatlands makes them valuable archives of past events for many periods in pre- and postglacial time and at differential spatial scales for most of Canada.
- The earliest postglacial period in Japan, characterized by hunter-gatherer communities, conventionally divided into six main periods between 10000 and 300 BC.
- He recognized that all of the beaches had been tilted by postglacial uplift (now attributed to isostatic rebound).
- Overburden soils include glacial and postglacial deposits and recent fill.

Definition of postglacial in US English:

postglacial

adjectiveˌpōs(t)ˈɡlāSH(ə)l

Geology

1Relating to the period since the last continental glaciation (the Wisconsin in North America), beginning with the sudden rise in temperature about 10,000 years ago.
Compare with late-glacial
Example sentencesExamples
- For most Pacific islands, postglacial isostatic effects led to a relative highstand of five to eight feet in regional sea level during mid-Holocene time, peaking perhaps 4,000 years ago.
- The earliest postglacial period in Japan, characterized by hunter-gatherer communities, conventionally divided into six main periods between 10000 and 300 BC.
- He recognized that all of the beaches had been tilted by postglacial uplift (now attributed to isostatic rebound).
- The widespread abundance of peatlands makes them valuable archives of past events for many periods in pre- and postglacial time and at differential spatial scales for most of Canada.
- Overburden soils include glacial and postglacial deposits and recent fill.
1. 1.1as noun the postglacial The postglacial period.
  冰后期
  Example sentencesExamples
  At a very generalized level, paleoenvironmental records for the Prairies concur in showing a broad three-part division of the postglacial.
  Each of these trends has also been present for most if not all of the current postglacial.

单词	postglacial
释义	Definition of postglacial in English: postglacial adjective pəʊs(t)ˈɡleɪsɪəlpəʊs(t)ˈɡleɪʃ(ə)lˌpōs(t)ˈɡlāSH(ə)l Geology Relating to the period since the last (Weichsel or Devensian) glaciation, from the sudden rise in temperature that marks the beginning of the Flandrian about 10,000 years ago. 〔地质〕冰期后的。比较LATE-GLACIAL Compare with late-glacial Example sentencesExamples For most Pacific islands, postglacial isostatic effects led to a relative highstand of five to eight feet in regional sea level during mid-Holocene time, peaking perhaps 4,000 years ago. The widespread abundance of peatlands makes them valuable archives of past events for many periods in pre- and postglacial time and at differential spatial scales for most of Canada. The earliest postglacial period in Japan, characterized by hunter-gatherer communities, conventionally divided into six main periods between 10000 and 300 BC. He recognized that all of the beaches had been tilted by postglacial uplift (now attributed to isostatic rebound). Overburden soils include glacial and postglacial deposits and recent fill. Definition of postglacial in US English: postglacial adjectiveˌpōs(t)ˈɡlāSH(ə)l Geology 1Relating to the period since the last continental glaciation (the Wisconsin in North America), beginning with the sudden rise in temperature about 10,000 years ago. Compare with late-glacial Example sentencesExamples For most Pacific islands, postglacial isostatic effects led to a relative highstand of five to eight feet in regional sea level during mid-Holocene time, peaking perhaps 4,000 years ago. The earliest postglacial period in Japan, characterized by hunter-gatherer communities, conventionally divided into six main periods between 10000 and 300 BC. He recognized that all of the beaches had been tilted by postglacial uplift (now attributed to isostatic rebound). The widespread abundance of peatlands makes them valuable archives of past events for many periods in pre- and postglacial time and at differential spatial scales for most of Canada. Overburden soils include glacial and postglacial deposits and recent fill. 1.1as noun the postglacial The postglacial period. 冰后期 Example sentencesExamples At a very generalized level, paleoenvironmental records for the Prairies concur in showing a broad three-part division of the postglacial. Each of these trends has also been present for most if not all of the current postglacial.
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