glaciation
- a word derived from glaciate.
Example Sentences
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It started with a period of glaciation that must have been a chilly change from the greenhouse-like Oligocene, and ended with a prolonged period of glaciation, too.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
In this context the "relict glacier" and the possible buried sheet of glacier ice around it, might be remnants of the latest glaciation episode affecting the Noctis volcano.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
Perhaps that helped kick off a global glaciation, Dr. Dutkiewicz said, but it couldn’t have kept Earth frozen for 56 million years on its own.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
Massive ice sheets covered wide swathes of the continent - reaching as far south as Illinois - amid extensive glaciation.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
Nevertheless, widespread lands, even if they are not all high, lead to climatic conditions which favor glaciation.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
