单词 | sub-aftonian |
释义 | sub-Aftonianadj.n. Geology. Now rare or disused. A. adj. Designating (deposits associated with) a glaciation immediately preceding the Aftonian interglacial in North America; = Nebraskan adj. 2.See note at Aftonian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > quaternary > specific glaciation periods Kansan1894 Scanian1895 Wisconsin1895 Illinoian1896 sub-Aftonian1896 Riss1908 Würmian1927 Elster1934 Weichsel1934 Saale1937 Menapian1957 Nebraskan1966 Anglian1968 Devensian1968 Weichselian1968 Wisconsinan1968 Elsterian1969 Wolstonian1969 Würm1972 Donau1983 1896 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 4 873 It puts the sub-Aftonian sheet of till in an earlier category. 1955 Professional Papers U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 262. 30/1 Earlier, this drift sheet had been called sub-Aftonian and also pre-Kansan. B. n. With the. = Nebraskan n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > ice-age or glaciation > specific glaciation Iowan1894 Scanian1895 Illinoian1896 sub-Aftonian1896 Mindel1909 Günz1910 Würm1910 Polonian1914 Nebraskan1930 Elster1934 little ice age1939 Donau1957 Wisconsin1967 Devensian1968 Wisconsinan1968 Anglian1976 Menapian1983 1896 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 4 876 From the sub-Aftonian (Albertan) to the present. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 59 The following stages in the glaciation of North America:..The Aftonian (1st interglacial). The sub-Aftonian or Jerseyan (1st glacial). 1930 Jrnl. Mammalogy 11 506 Chamberlin and Salisbury later described a formation underlying this which they called the Natchez and referred to the Subaftonian (Nebraskan) and the Aftonian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1896 |
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