(pleistocene)
31Pleistocene — Pleis|to|cene [ˈplaıstəsi:n] adj [Date: 1800 1900; : Greek; Origin: pleistos most + kainos recent ] belonging to the period in the Earth s history that started about two million years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago, when much of the Earth… …
32Pleistocene — Geological period …
33Pleistocene — The epoch of the Quaternary Period of geologic time (from about 10 to 12 thousand to 1.6 million years ago), following the Pliocene Epoch and preceding the Holocene also the corresponding (time stratigraphic) series of earth materials. SW & …
34Pleistocene — Pleis·to·cene || plaɪstəʊsiËn n. geological era in which much of the earth was covered in ice (approximately 2 million to 10000 years ago) …
35Pleistocene — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A geologic time designation for the period of Earth history from about 1.6 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago …
36Pleistocene — [ plʌɪstəsi:n] adjective Geology relating to or denoting the first epoch of the Quaternary period (between the Pliocene and Holocene epochs, from 1.64 million to about 10,000 years ago), a time which included the ice ages and the appearance of… …
37pleistocene — adjective belonging to the period in the Earth s history that started about a million years ago and lasted about 800,000 years, when much of the Earth was covered with ice …
38pleistocene — pleis·to·cene …
39Pleistocene — /ˈplaɪstəsin / (say pluystuhseen) adjective 1. relating to the earlier division of the Quaternary period or system (the glacial epoch or ice age). –noun 2. the epoch or series of the Quaternary that follows Pliocene and precedes the Holocene.… …
40Pleistocene — a.,n. (pertaining to) first epoch of Quaternary period …
