postglacial period

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• postglacial — adj. & n. adj. formed or occurring after a glacial period. n. a postglacial period or deposit …   Useful english dictionary

• Postglacial — Post*gla cial, a. (Geol.) (a) Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of the glacier from the locality. (b) Of,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• postglacial — adjective Geology relating to or denoting the period since the last glaciation, about 10,000 years ago …   English new terms dictionary

• postglacial — /poʊstˈgleɪʃəl/ (say pohst glayshuhl) adjective denoting or occurring during a period following a glacial epoch …  

• hypsithermal period — a postglacial period having a climate warmer than present when some fish distributions extended further north …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• xerothermic period — noun A warm, dry postglacial interval …   Wiktionary

• Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… …   Universalium

• Antiquity of the World —     Antiquity of the World     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Antiquity of the World     Various attempts have been made to establish the age of the world. Two groups of scientists have especially busied themselves with this question: physicists and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Edinburgh — /ed n berr euh, bur euh/ or, esp. Brit., / breuh/, n. 1. Duke of. See Philip (def. 4). 2. a city in and the capital of Scotland, in the SE part: administrative center of the Lothian region. 470,085. * * * I City and council area (pop., 2001:… …   Universalium

• Wyrzysk — Infobox Settlement name = Wyrzysk imagesize = 250px image caption = Main Square image shield = POL Wyrzysk COA.svg pushpin pushpin label position = bottom subdivision type = Country subdivision name = POL subdivision type1 = Voivodeship… …   Wikipedia

• Maglemosian industry — ▪ prehistoric culture       a tool culture of northern Europe dating from the postglacial period, approximately 9000 to 5000 BC. The Maglemosian industry was named after the bog (magle mose, “big bog,” in Danish) at Mullerup, Den., where evidence …   Universalium