interpluvialadj.n.

/ɪntəˈpluːvɪəl/

Etymology: < inter- prefix 2b(b) + pluvial adj.

A. adj.

Designating any of the periods of generally drier conditions in equatorial latitudes during the geological past (esp. the Pleistocene) which alternated with pluvial periods in a cycle which may be correlated with or related to the better-known cycle of interglacial and glacial periods in more polar latitudes.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > other ages or periods

antediluvial1822

psychozoic1828

pluvial1868

anthropic1893

Ozarkian1896

mature1899

interpluvial1907

Rhaeto-Liassic1909

intrapluvial1934

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > in the geological past > specific

genial1838

pluvial1868

boreal1876

sub-Atlantic1876

sub-boreal1876

interpluvial1907

intrapluvial1934

Atlantic1935

hypsithermal1957

1907 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 18 362 The time when a thesis occurs is a thesial epoch, which may be described as interglacial, or interfluvial, and so forth, when the agents which modify the earth's surface are considered, or as intervegetal, interpluvial, and so forth, when other phases are considered.

1931 L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Cultures Kenya Colony ii. 13 During the dry inter-pluvial periods..the lakes in the Rift Valley dried up.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 133 Interpluvial periods of deflation.

1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation i. 9 In Equatorial Zones it is now suspected that the pluvial phases were hot times and interpluvial (dry) phases were equivalent to the glacial epochs.

B. n.

An interpluvial period.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > other ages or periods

terrace-epoch1863

youth1896

secule1903

pluvial1929

interpluvial1931

intrapluvial1939

salinity crisis1967

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > prevailing weather or climate > in the geological past > specific

pluvial1929

interpluvial1931

intrapluvial1939

1931 L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Cultures Kenya Colony ii. 13 One would expect that the prehistoric tribes moved to the high land..during the inter-pluvials.

1940 Geogr. Jrnl. 96 333 There have been very long wet and dry phases, the so-called pluvials and interpluvials.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 133 Such deposits are supposed to be the result of water-borne material, washed toward the pan in pluvial times, becoming cemented during the following interpluvial.

1973 Nature 16 Mar. 187/1 It seems..that the tectonic movement which caused the tilting of the Ubeidiya Formation occurred some time within the Mindel-Riss Interpluvial and is younger than 640,000 yr.

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

单词	interpluvial
释义	interpluvialadj.n. /ɪntəˈpluːvɪəl/ Etymology: < inter- prefix 2b(b) + pluvial adj. A. adj. Designating any of the periods of generally drier conditions in equatorial latitudes during the geological past (esp. the Pleistocene) which alternated with pluvial periods in a cycle which may be correlated with or related to the better-known cycle of interglacial and glacial periods in more polar latitudes. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > other ages or periods antediluvial1822 psychozoic1828 pluvial1868 anthropic1893 Ozarkian1896 mature1899 interpluvial1907 Rhaeto-Liassic1909 intrapluvial1934 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective] > of or relating to climate > in the geological past > specific genial1838 pluvial1868 boreal1876 sub-Atlantic1876 sub-boreal1876 interpluvial1907 intrapluvial1934 Atlantic1935 hypsithermal1957 1907 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 18 362 The time when a thesis occurs is a thesial epoch, which may be described as interglacial, or interfluvial, and so forth, when the agents which modify the earth's surface are considered, or as intervegetal, interpluvial, and so forth, when other phases are considered. 1931 L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Cultures Kenya Colony ii. 13 During the dry inter-pluvial periods..the lakes in the Rift Valley dried up. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 133 Interpluvial periods of deflation. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation i. 9 In Equatorial Zones it is now suspected that the pluvial phases were hot times and interpluvial (dry) phases were equivalent to the glacial epochs. B. n. An interpluvial period. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > other ages or periods terrace-epoch1863 youth1896 secule1903 pluvial1929 interpluvial1931 intrapluvial1939 salinity crisis1967 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [noun] > prevailing weather or climate > in the geological past > specific pluvial1929 interpluvial1931 intrapluvial1939 1931 L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Cultures Kenya Colony ii. 13 One would expect that the prehistoric tribes moved to the high land..during the inter-pluvials. 1940 Geogr. Jrnl. 96 333 There have been very long wet and dry phases, the so-called pluvials and interpluvials. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 133 Such deposits are supposed to be the result of water-borne material, washed toward the pan in pluvial times, becoming cemented during the following interpluvial. 1973 Nature 16 Mar. 187/1 It seems..that the tectonic movement which caused the tilting of the Ubeidiya Formation occurred some time within the Mindel-Riss Interpluvial and is younger than 640,000 yr. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1907
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