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Günz

American  
[gints, gynts] / gɪnts, günts /

noun

  1. the first stage of the glaciation of Eurasia during the Pleistocene.

Günz British  
/ ɡʊnts /

noun

  1. the first major Pleistocene glaciation of the Alps See also Mindel Riss Würm

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Origin of Günz

1905–10; after a region in the Alps; see Würm

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Penck recognises four periods of glaciation during the pleistocene period, which he has named after typical areas, the Günz, Mindel, Riss and Würm.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

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