glacial

  • 41Glacial epoch — Glacial Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice;… …

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  • 42Glacial hypothesis — Glacial Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice;… …

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  • 43Glacial period — Glacial Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice;… …

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  • 44Glacial theory — Glacial Gla cial, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.] 1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Resembling ice;… …

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  • 45Glacial striation — Glacial striations or glacial grooves are scratches or gouges cut into bedrock by process of glacial abrasion. Glacial striations usually occur as multiple straight, parallel grooves representing the movement of the sediment loaded base of the… …

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  • 46Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge — was created on October 12, 2004, the 545th National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. Its creation was the result of cooperation between at least 30 agencies or governmental entities. [ [http://www.fws.gov/refuges/generalInterest/GlacialRidgeN… …

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  • 47glacial, glaciale, glacials ou glaciaux — ● glacial, glaciale, glacials ou glaciaux adjectif (latin glacialis) Qui est très froid, qui provoque une sensation de froid très vif : Un vent glacial. Qui est d un abord réservé, qui manque de chaleur, qui intimide par son hostilité ou son… …

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  • 48Glacial Lake Passaic — was a prehistoric proglacial lake that existed in northern New Jersey in the United States at the end of the last ice age approximately 13,000 years ago, which was formed of waters released by the melting of the retreating Wisconsin Glacier that… …

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  • 49Glacial Lake Tonawanda — was a prehistoric lake that existed approximately 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, in Western New York, United States.Ernest H. Muller (1977), [http://www.blackwell synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1749… …

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  • 50Glacial Lake Duluth — was a proglacial lake that formed in the Lake Superior drainage basin as the Laurentian Glacier retreated. The oldest existing shorelines were formed after retreat from the Greatlakean advance, sometime around 11,000 years B.P. Lake Duluth formed …

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