- A
glacial period (alternatively
glacial or glaciation) is an
interval of time (thousands of years)
within an ice age that is
marked by
colder temperatures...
- cold
climate within an ice age are
termed glacial periods (or, alternatively,
glacials, glaciations,
glacial stages, stadials, stades, or colloquially...
- lake ice that
forms on the
surface of
bodies of water. On Earth, 99% of
glacial ice is
contained within vast ice
sheets (also
known as "continental glaciers")...
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Glacial landforms are
landforms created by the
action of glaciers. Most of today's
glacial landforms were
created by the
movement of
large ice
sheets during...
-
glacial events. A
major glacial event is a
general glacial excursion,
termed a "
glacial."
Glacials are
separated by "interglacials".
During a
glacial...
- The Last
Glacial Period (LGP)
occurred from the end of the
Eemian to the end of the
Younger Dryas, encomp****ing the
period c. 115,000 – c. 11,700 years...
- The Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM), also
referred to as the Late
Glacial Maximum, was the most
recent time
during the Last
Glacial Period that ice sheets...
- rainfall;
bedrock wear in rivers;
coastal erosion by the sea and waves;
glacial plucking, ab****n, and scour;
areal flooding; wind ab****n; groundwater...
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Glacial striations or
striae are
scratches or
gouges cut into
bedrock by
glacial ab****n.
These scratches and
gouges were
first recognized as the result...
- A
glacial lake is a body of
water with
origins from
glacier activity. They are
formed when a
glacier erodes the land, and then melts,
filling the depression...
