periglacial deposits

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• Periglacial — is an adjective referring to places in the edges of glacial areas, normally those related to past ice ages rather than those in the modern era. That is to say, at the time in question, the area was not buried by flowing ice but was subject to… …   Wikipedia

• per|i|gla|cial — «PEHR uh GLAY shuhl», adjective. 1. bordering a glacier or glaciers: »a periglacial region. 2. of or characteristic of a periglacial region: »periglacial deposits …   Useful english dictionary

• Teesta River — The River Teesta ( ne. टिस्ता खोला Tista Khola bn. তিস্তা নদী Tista Nodi ), said to be the lifeline of the Indian state of Sikkim, flows for almost the entire length of the state, carving out verdant Himalayan temperate and tropical river valleys …   Wikipedia

• Silver Pit — The Silver Pit is a long valley in the bed of the North Sea, 45 km (27 miles) east of Spurn Head in England. In origin, it is probably a tunnel valley (Benn Evans fig.9.27) which was kept free of periglacial deposits by the Wash River when the… …   Wikipedia

• glacial landform — ▪ geology Introduction  any product of flowing ice and meltwater. Such landforms are being produced today in glaciated areas, such as Greenland, Antarctica, and many of the world s higher mountain ranges. In addition, large expansions of present… …   Universalium

• Pleistocene Epoch — Earlier and longer of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period. The Pleistocene began с 1.8 million years ago and ended с 10,000 years ago. It was preceded by the Pliocene Epoch of the Tertiary Period and followed by the Holocene… …   Universalium

• Geology of Mars — Mars   Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope Designations …   Wikipedia

• Periglaziale Lagen — (auch periglaziäre Lagen) sind während der pleistozänen Kaltzeiten unter periglazialen Bedingungen entstandene Lockersedimentdecken, die das Hangrelief der Mittelgebirge der Mittelbreiten bis weit in die Beckenlagen hinein annähernd flächenhaft… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• quaternary — /kwot euhr ner ee, kweuh terr neuh ree/, adj., n., pl. quaternaries. adj. 1. consisting of four. 2. arranged in fours. 3. (cap.) Geol. noting or pertaining to the present period of earth history, forming the latter part of the Cenozoic Era,… …   Universalium

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

• Periglazial — (zusammengesetzt aus gr. peri, „um, herum“ und lat. glacies, „Eis“) bezeichnet in der Physischen Geographie unvergletscherte Gebiete, die durch die Wirkungen des Frosts geprägt werden. Außerdem werden mit ‚Periglazial‘ die dort auftretenden… …   Deutsch Wikipedia