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Definition of Deglaciation
1. Noun. (climatology paleontology) The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deglaciation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deglaciation
Literary usage of Deglaciation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Delavan Lobe of the Lake Michigan Glacier of the Wisconsin Stage of by William Clinton Alden (1904)
"The process of deglaciation of the area appears to have begun with the melting
... During the several stages in the deglaciation of the area the glacial ..."
2. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1902)
"... respectively. deposits and the modifi- n interval of deglaciation, its which
covered most of i basin, east of the Mis- iring this advance of the . ..."
3. The Glacial Geology of New Jersey: By Rollin D. Salisbury, Assisted by Henry by Rollin D. Salisbury, Henry Barnard Kümmel, Charles Emerson Peet, George N. Knapp (1902)
"Following the deposits and the modifications of the drift of the post-Kansan
interval of deglaciation, the ice again ..."
4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"(2) Interval of deglaciation of great length, the surface of old drift sheet
deeply oxidized, leached, much eroded, with thick widespread soil above. ..."
5. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Second interval of deglaciation . ,- Early glacial epoch I Chief ... First interval
of deglaciation . . . j 4. East-Iowan stage of glaciation . .">. ..."
6. The Pleistocene Features and Deposits of the Chicago Area by Frank Leverett (1897)
"... Interval of Recession or deglaciation 13 Kansan Drift Sheet of tha Iowa
Geologists 14 Second Interval of Recession or deglaciation 14 Illinoian Drift ..."
7. Bulletin ... of the Geological and Natural History Survey by Chicago Academy of Sciences (1896)
"... Interval of Recession or deglaciation 13 Kansan Drift Sheet of the Iowa
Geologists 14 Second Interval of Recession or deglaciation 14 ..."
8. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1893)
"A long stage of deglaciation marked by development of soil and by attendant ...
A stage of deglaciation of considerable length, with altitude somewhat as at ..."
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