- great glacial epoch
- 大冰期
English-Chinese geology dictionary (英汉地质大词典). 2013.
great glacial epoch
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Glacial epoch — noun from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution • Syn: ↑Pleistocene, ↑Pleistocene epoch • Instance Hypernyms: ↑epoch • Part Holonyms: ↑Quaternary, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
glacial epoch — 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 • Syn: ↑ice age, ↑glacial period • Hypernyms: ↑period, ↑geological period • Part Holonym … Useful english dictionary
glacial epoch — /gleɪʃəl ˈipɒk/ (say glayshuhl eepok) noun 1. any of the glaciations of past geological periods as in Australia during the Permian. 2. the glacial epoch, the geologically recent Pleistocene epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was… …
glacial epoch — 1. Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets. 2. any one of the Permian, Carboniferous, Cambrian, or Precambrian glaciations. [1840 … Universalium
glacial stage — ▪ geologic time in geology, a cold episode during an ice age, or glacial period. An ice age (q.v.) is a portion of geologic time during which a much larger part of the Earth s surface was covered by glaciers than at present. The Pleistocene … Universalium
Great Lakes — a series of five lakes between the U.S. and Canada, comprising Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior; connected with the Atlantic by the St. Lawrence River. * * * I Chain of lakes, central North America. Comprising Lakes Superior,… … Universalium
Great American Interchange — The Great American Interchange was an important paleozoogeographic event in which land and freshwater fauna migrated from North America via Central America to South America and vice versa, as the volcanic Isthmus of Panama rose up from the sea… … Wikipedia
epoch — [[t]i͟ːpɒk, AM e̱pək[/t]] epochs 1) N COUNT: usu with supp If you refer to a long period of time as an epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world… … English dictionary
Great Lyakhovsky Island — Infobox Islands name = Great Lyakhovsky image caption = Map showing the location of Lyakhovsky Islands image size = locator Location map|Russia|lat=73.4|long=141.5 map custom = yes native name = Большой Ляховский native name link = Russian… … Wikipedia
Great Salt Lake — a shallow salt lake in NW Utah. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km); 80 mi. (130 km) long; maximum depth 60 ft. (18 m). * * * Lake, northern Utah, U.S. It is the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere and one of the most saline in the … Universalium
Holocene Epoch — formerly Recent Epoch Latest interval of the Earth s geologic history, dating from 10,000 years ago to the present. The younger of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period, the Holocene follows the last glacial stage of the… … Universalium
