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neoglaciation

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[nee-oh-gley-shee-ey-shuhn, -see-] / ˌni oʊˌgleɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -si- /

noun

Geology.

  1. a phase of renewed glaciation associated with a readvance of ice sheets between the postglacial phase and the present.

Etymology

Origin of neoglaciation

1950–55; neo- + glaciation ( def. )

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