- lake ice that form on the
surface of
bodies of water. On Earth, 99% of
glacial ice is
contained within vast ice
sheets (also
known as "continental glaciers")...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
-
pulses of cold
climate within an ice age are
termed glacial periods (
glacials, glaciations,
glacial stages, stadials, stades, or colloquially, ice ages)...
- A
glacial relict is a po****tion of a
species previously common during a
glacial period that
retreated into
refugia during interglacial periods. They are...
- A
glacial erratic is a
glacially deposited rock
differing from the type of rock
native to the area in
which it rests. Erratics,
which take
their name from...
- A
glacial refugium (plural
glacial refugia) is a
geographic region which made
possible the
survival of
flora and
fauna during ice ages and
allowed for...
- The Last
Glacial Maximum (LGM), also
referred to as the Last
Glacial Coldest Period, was the most
recent time
during the Last
Glacial Period where ice...
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Glacial squid is a
common name for
several squids and may
refer to:
Galiteuthis glacialis, a
species of gl****
squid from the
Antarctic Convergence Psychroteuthis...
