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Definition of Glacial epoch

1. Noun. Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface. "The most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene"

2. Noun. From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glacial Epoch

Gita Gitmo Giudecca Giulio Natta Giuseppe Balsamo Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Mazzini Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto Giuseppe Verdi Giza

Gjellerup Gjirokastër Gk. Gla Glacial Glacial epoch Glades Gladstone Gladstone bag Gladstone bags

Gladstonian Gladys Gladys Smith Glag. Glagolitic Glagolitic alphabet Glamorgan Glamorgan sausage Glamorganshire Glanvillian

Literary usage of Glacial epoch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Post-glacial epoch < The Littorina time »oak-time. {Including the upper boulder clay, " younger Baltic moraine " with the Yoldia or Dryas phase in the ..."

2. The Contemporary Review (1891)
"DID GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES CAUSE THE glacial epoch? TO complain of the climate is an Englishman's birthright. It must, however, be remembered that Great ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"The Saxonian or second glacial epoch; 4. ... or sixth glacial epoch. The earliest application of such geographic names to the successive stages and ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"stage, that is, the second glacial epoch, after which the cold stage diminished ... I. Scanian=First glacial epoch. The complex series subsequent to the ..."

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