glacial period
Britishnoun
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any period of time during which a large part of the earth's surface was covered with ice, due to the advance of glaciers, as in the late Carboniferous period, and during most of the Pleistocene; glaciation
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(often capitals) the Pleistocene epoch
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This collapse coincided with a period of major environmental disruption during the most recent glacial period of the late Pleistocene age.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Scientists know that around 200,000 years ago Earth was experiencing a glacial period and our ancestors were migrating out of Africa.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
But today’s melting and large-scale sediment flushing is happening much faster than what would occur at the end of a glacial period, she adds.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 28, 2021
Formed during the late Pleistocene, the Earth’s last glacial period, which ended about 11,700 years ago, Yedoma consists of thick layers of soil packed around gigantic lodes of embedded ice.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
Today the earth has swung away from the great diversity of the glacial period.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
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