glaciation
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gla·ci·ate
(glā′shē-āt′, -sē-)tr.v. gla·ci·at·ed, gla·ci·at·ing, gla·ci·ates
1.
a. To cover with ice or a glacier.
b. To subject to or affect by glacial action.
2. To freeze.
gla′ci·a′tion n.
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glaciation
1. The effects on land of ice sheets or glaciers that erode rocks and deposit the rock debris.
2. A time when ice sheets develop and spread.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() environmental condition - the state of the environment |
2. | glaciation - the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice geologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified Riss glaciation - the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time Saale glaciation - the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe and the deposits laid down at that time Wolstonian glaciation - the next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in Britain and the deposits laid down at that time |
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