Concept information
Preferred term
glaciation
Definition
- A glaciation is an ice age, i.e. both a cold palaeoclimatic phase and a geological period of the Earth during which a significant part of the continents is glaciated. The history of the Earth is marked by numerous glacial episodes during climatic cooling. The Quaternary is characterised by their relative frequency and regularity. (Adapted and translated from: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciation)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- Anglian
- Baltic glaciation
- Bull Lake glaciation
- Central Polish glaciation
- continental glaciation
- Devensian
- Donau
- Elster
- glacial-interglacial transition
- glacial maximum
- Greenland Interstadial
- Greenland Stadial
- Günz
- Illinoian
- Kansan
- Loch Lomond Stade
- Mindel
- Nebraskan
- neoglaciation
- periglacial
- Perth Stade
- Pinedale glaciation
- pleniglacial
- Riss
- Saalian
- Sartanian
- South Polish glaciation
- Tardiglacial
- Vistulian
- Weichselian
- Wisconsinan
- Woodfordian
- Würm
Entry terms
- englaciation
- glacial age
- glacial cycle
- glacial episode
- glacial event
- glacial installment
- glacial instalment
- glacial period
- ice age
In other languages
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French
-
âge de glace
-
âge glaciaire
-
cycle glaciaire
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englaciation
-
épisode glaciaire
-
période glaciaire
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-5K8FD2VC-9
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