- In
geology and climatology, a
pluvial is
either a
modern climate characterized by
relatively high
precipitation or an
interval of time of
variable length...
- The
Carnian pluvial episode (CPE),
often called the
Carnian pluvial event, was a
period of
major change in
global climate that
coincided with significant...
- A
pluvial lake is a body of
water that ac****ulated in a
basin because of a
greater moisture availability resulting from
changes in
temperature and/or...
- The Abb****ia
Pluvial was an
extended wet and
rainy period in the
climate history of
North Africa,
lasting from c. 120,000 to 90,000
years ago. As such...
- monsoons, it is
sometimes called tropical pluvial. Nivo-
pluvial, with a
nival peak in late
spring and a
pluvial peak in the fall. The main
minimum is in...
-
terms glacial and interglacial, the
terms pluvial and
interpluvial are in use (Latin: pluvia, rain). A
pluvial is a
warmer period of
increased rainfall;...
-
Rainforests are
forests characterized by a
closed and
continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the
presence of
epiphytes and
lianas and the...
- systems; the
formation of
millions of lakes,
including the
development of
pluvial lakes far from the ice margins;
changes in sea level; the
isostatic adjustment...
- The
Mousterian Pluvial is a
mostly obsolete term for a
prehistoric wet and
rainy (
pluvial)
period in
North Africa. It was
described as
beginning around...
-
Pleistocene paleolake in the
Great Basin of
western North America. It was a
pluvial lake that
formed in
response to an
increase in
precipitation and a decrease...
