Wolstonian
/wʊlˈstəʊnɪən/adjective
1- Geology of, relating to, or denoting the penultimate Pleistocene glaciation in Britain, identified with the Saale of northern Europe (and perhaps the Riss of the Alps)【地质】(与)伍尔斯顿冰川作用(有关)的。
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- as noun the Wolstonian the Wolstonian glaciation or the system of deposits laid down during it伍尔斯顿冰川作用; 伍尔斯顿冰川沉积物
词源
1960s: from Wolston, the name of a village in Warwickshire, + -IAN.