Würmn.
/vʊəm/ Geology.
Used attributively to designate the fourth and final Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps; also absol. Cf. Riss adj. and n.
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
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
1910 Zeitschr. f. Gletscherkunde 4 244 The interval between the Riss and the Würm.., the Riss-Würm interglacial stage.
1968 C. Embleton & C. A. M. King Glacial & Periglacial Geomorphol. 10 The links with North America, apart from the correlation of the Wisconsinan with the Würm/Weichselian, are more tenuous.
1972 Sci. Amer. Mar. 60/2 The very numerous remains found in the Dragon's Lair were evidently deposited there during the final Pleistocene ice advance, the 60,000-year Würm glaciation that ended some 12,000 years ago.
1977 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) xi. 455 Access was easier during the last glaciation, but only noticably so during its colder phases, that is during the Early and Main Würm, to use designations taken from the Swiss Alpine sequence.
Derivatives
ˈWürmian adj. (also absol.).
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
1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Hunters & Artists iv. 40 It is..possible that the Capsian industry had passed from Tunis through Sicily to Italy during, or even before, the Würmian glaciation.
1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 453 One may conclude that the cooling of the water during the Würmian was very slight in the Eastern Basin [of the Mediterranean].
1967 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 5 453 The shallow-water Würmian beds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
n.1910