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单词 late-glacial
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Definition of late-glacial in English:

late-glacial

adjective
Geology
  • Relating to the later stages of the final (Weichsel or Devensian) glaciation, from the beginning of the rise in temperature about 15,000 years ago to the beginning of the Flandrian about 10,000 years ago.

    〔地质〕后冰期的(约15, 000年-10, 000年前)。比较POSTGLACIAL

    Compare with postglacial
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Immediately north of Carndonagh a late-glacial outwash surface slopes northwards from around 30 to 7 metres above sea level.
    • Only one study reports SD counts on late-glacial graminoid leaves in relation to past atmospheric CO 2 levels.
    • The name ‘Younger Dryas’ was applied to the most recent and pronounced of these late-glacial cold intervals, and has received the most attention.
    • The field setting suggests that both ice contact deposition and marine sedimentation at the distal end of the late-glacial outwash fan occurred at about the same time.

Definition of late-glacial in US English:

late-glacial

(also late glacial)
adjectivelātˈɡlāSHəl
Geology
  • Relating to the later stages of the final glaciation, from the beginning of the rise in temperature about 15,000 years ago to about 10,000 years ago.

    〔地质〕后冰期的(约15, 000年-10, 000年前)。比较POSTGLACIAL

    Compare with postglacial
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Immediately north of Carndonagh a late-glacial outwash surface slopes northwards from around 30 to 7 metres above sea level.
    • Only one study reports SD counts on late-glacial graminoid leaves in relation to past atmospheric CO 2 levels.
    • The field setting suggests that both ice contact deposition and marine sedimentation at the distal end of the late-glacial outwash fan occurred at about the same time.
    • The name ‘Younger Dryas’ was applied to the most recent and pronounced of these late-glacial cold intervals, and has received the most attention.
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