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Definition of Postglacial

Postglacial
Postglacial Post*gla"cial, a. (Geol.) (a) Formed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of the glacier from the locality. (b) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an epoch after the last Glacial and before the Terrace epoch. [R.]

Meaning of Postglacial from wikipedia

- The Holocene (/ˈhɒl.əsiːn, -oʊ-, ˈhoʊ.lə-, -loʊ-/) is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago. It follows the Last Glacial...
- Postglacial vegetation refers to plants that colonize the newly exposed substrate after a glacial retreat. The term "postglacial" typically refers to processes...
- glaciology, paleoclimate, and changes in global sea level. Understanding postglacial rebound is also important to our ability to monitor recent global change...
- catastrophic rise event 2 (CRE2) in the Caribbean Sea. Other named, postglacial mel****er pulses are known most commonly as mel****er pulse 1A0 (mel****er...
- Evolution of temperatures in the postglacial period, after the Last Glacial Maximum, showing very low temperatures for the most part of the Younger Dryas...
- widely recognized and least disputed of the named, postglacial mel****er pulses. Other named, postglacial mel****er pulses are known most commonly as mel****er...
- A raised bog in Ķemeri National Park, Jūrmala, Latvia, formed approximately 10,000 years ago in the postglacial period and now a tourist attraction....
- years ago, based on mtDNA. One theory for the cause of this expansion is postglacial theory. This theory claims ancestral junco po****tions expanded further...
- volcanoes. The Kazbek is no longer active, but the Elbrus erupted in postglacial times and fumarole activity is registered near its summit. Contemporary...
- Pre-Columbian woodlands of North America, consisting of a mixed woodland-gr****land ecosystem, were maintained by both natural lightning fires and by Native...