Definition of deglaciation in English:
deglaciation
noun ˌdiːɡleɪsɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n-ˌɡlāsē-
mass nounGeology 1The disappearance of ice from a previously glaciated region.
in the polar regions deglaciation has accompanied a slow, unsteady warming
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘It is still likely that a major deglaciation of the ice sheet will take centuries to millenniums to occur,’ he said.
- The effects of deglaciation on tropical regions are not fully understood, but ambient temperatures at equatorial latitudes were cooler by approximately 5C during the last glacial maximum.
- The major conclusions from these studies are that the most recent ice age lasted about 100,000 years and consisted of gradual cooling and glaciation followed by rapid deglaciation.
- Glaciation and deglaciation of the continents are important mechanisms for changing the volume of water in ocean basins.
- Then the amount of snowfall tapers off during the next 200 years of deglaciation.
- This might be the result of genetically different populations or the populations that have emerged from different geohistorical periods depending on deglaciation processes.
- 1.1count noun A period of geological time during which deglaciation takes place.
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- I know it's not as well understood - but what is the approximate time frame over which carbon dioxide values returned to normal after the catastrophic deglaciations in the late Precambrian?
- The difference between plant response to the Paelocene-Eocene warming and to the last deglaciation suggests that vegetation can't always respond quickly.
- The Younger Dryas Event is a climate reversal preceded and followed by abrupt warming during the deglaciation period about 11,000 years BP, according to the conventional chronology.