Glaciations [noun]

In England at least three periods of glaciation seem to be indicated by the glacial deposits.

There were signs of previous glaciation in the form of erratics and many examples of polishing and grooving.

Thus the angle of the lava-built slopes, and the lines of glaciation, testify to the former existence of a high central summit.

The planet's in the middle of a glaciation, the land surface down to the fiftieth parallel is iced over solid.

They are to be counted among the four chief attractions, the other three being Long's Peak, the glaciation, and the timber-line.

The smaller oscillations, following the close of the last great glaciation (Wrmian), should be noticed.

Boule claims one glaciation of Pliocene antiquity, followed by two Pleistocene glaciations.

Then it falls to nearly 1200 m. below the present level, the fall corresponding to the Gnzian glaciation.

There has not been time to erode them away since the Pleistocene glaciation.

Most of their results are the reverse of those which brought on glaciation.