2. Noun. The relatively warm period between ice ages. ¹
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Definition of Interglacial
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interglacial
Literary usage of Interglacial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"GLACIAL AND interglacial PERIODS The different glacial and interglacial stages
of the ... The Yarmouth or Buchanan, the second interglacial interval. III. ..."
2. The Life of the Pleistocene Or Glacial Period: As Recorded in the Deposits by Frank Collins Baker (1920)
"The six ice invasions and the five interglacial intervals, ... interglacial Life
and Conditions The data upon which to reconstruct the fauna and flora of ..."
3. Discussions on Climate and Cosmology by James Croll (1886)
"interglacial Periods in Arctic Regions more marked than Glacial. ...
Main Characteristics of interglacial Climate.— Evidence from the Mammoth in Europe. ..."
4. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"interglacial and subglacial lakes—Crofthead interglacial beds-Climatic conditions
of Scotland during interglacial ages—Fragmentary nature of the evidence ..."
5. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"This deposit is of especial importance since it gives some idea of the life of
the first interglacial period and furnishes a clue to the age of the fossil ..."
6. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"This deposit is of especial importance since it gives some idea of the life of
the first interglacial period and furnishes a clue to the age of the fossil ..."
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