interstadialn.adj.

/ɪntəˈsteɪdɪəl/

Etymology: < German interstadial, < French interstadiaire adjective (A. Penck et al. 1894, in Bull. de la Soc. d. Sci. nat. de Neuchâtel XXII. 81): see inter- prefix and stadial adj. and n.

Geology.

A. n.

A minor period of ice retreat during a glacial period, less pronounced than an interglacial.

ΚΠ

1922 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 33 421 Baltic interstadial (= Achen recession).

1953 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 19 181 The additional notch at about 5 m. may correspond to the Epi-Monastirian beach of the First Interstadial of the Last Glaciation.

1968 D. B. Ericson & G. Wollin Ever Changing Sea iv. 139 We may be living during a short interval of mild climate, or interstadial, within the last ice age.

B. adj.

Pertaining to or characteristic of such a period.

ΚΠ

1914 W. B. Wright Quaternary Ice Age vii. 156 It is, of course, extremely difficult to distinguish between interstadial and interglacial. This can only be done with certainty when the flora of the deposit in question indicates an oscillation of the snow-line of too great a magnitude to be regarded as interstadial.

1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery xiv. 163 Arkell attributes the Aurignacian buried channel period to an ‘interstadial’ period in the midst of the Fourth or Final Glaciation rather than to the Third Interglacial.

1969 Proc. Geol. Soc. Aug. 155 Includes Upton Warren interstadial complex.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 June 607/3 (advt.) The evidence for high interstadial sea levels.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	interstadial
释义	interstadialn.adj. /ɪntəˈsteɪdɪəl/ Etymology: < German interstadial, < French interstadiaire adjective (A. Penck et al. 1894, in Bull. de la Soc. d. Sci. nat. de Neuchâtel XXII. 81): see inter- prefix and stadial adj. and n. Geology. A. n. A minor period of ice retreat during a glacial period, less pronounced than an interglacial. ΚΠ 1922 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 33 421 Baltic interstadial (= Achen recession). 1953 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 19 181 The additional notch at about 5 m. may correspond to the Epi-Monastirian beach of the First Interstadial of the Last Glaciation. 1968 D. B. Ericson & G. Wollin Ever Changing Sea iv. 139 We may be living during a short interval of mild climate, or interstadial, within the last ice age. B. adj. Pertaining to or characteristic of such a period. ΚΠ 1914 W. B. Wright Quaternary Ice Age vii. 156 It is, of course, extremely difficult to distinguish between interstadial and interglacial. This can only be done with certainty when the flora of the deposit in question indicates an oscillation of the snow-line of too great a magnitude to be regarded as interstadial. 1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery xiv. 163 Arkell attributes the Aurignacian buried channel period to an ‘interstadial’ period in the midst of the Fourth or Final Glaciation rather than to the Third Interglacial. 1969 Proc. Geol. Soc. Aug. 155 Includes Upton Warren interstadial complex. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 June 607/3 (advt.) The evidence for high interstadial sea levels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.adj.1914
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