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单词 Weichsel
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Definition of Weichsel in English:

Weichsel

noun ˈvʌɪks(ə)lˈvīksəl
Geology
  • 1usually as modifier The final Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe, corresponding to the Devensian of Britain (and possibly the Würm of the Alps).

    〔地质〕魏克塞尔冰期

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Skjaldbreithur and the vast lava field which surrounds it were formed some nine to ten thousand years ago, after the retreat of the last great ice-age glacier (Weichsel).
    1. 1.1 The system of deposits laid down at the time of the Weichsel glaciation.
      魏克塞尔冰期的沉淀物体系

Derivatives

  • Weichselian

  • adjective & nounvʌɪkˈsiːlɪən
    Geology
    • The succession is finally discordantly overlain by tills and melt water deposits of Late Weichselian age.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Modelling the Early Weichselian Eurasian Ice Sheets: role of ice shelves and influence of ice-dammed lakes
      • Maximum extent of the Eurasian ice sheets in the Barents and Kara Sea region during the Weichselian.
      • Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Weichselian deposits in the southern part of the Lower Vistula region, northern Poland - new data and interpretations

Origin

1930s: from the German name of the River Vistula in Poland.

Definition of Weichsel in US English:

Weichsel

nounˈvīksəl
Geology
  • 1usually as modifier The final Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Skjaldbreithur and the vast lava field which surrounds it were formed some nine to ten thousand years ago, after the retreat of the last great ice-age glacier (Weichsel).
    1. 1.1 The system of deposits laid down at the time of the Weichsel glaciation.
      魏克塞尔冰期的沉淀物体系

Origin

1930s: from the German name of the Vistula River in Poland.

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