pleistocene ice age
1Ice age — An ice age is a period of long term reduction in the temperature of the Earth s surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Glaciologically, ice age is often used to mean a… …
2Ice age (disambiguation) — Ice age may refer to:Climate related*Ice age, a period of lower temperatures, resulting in an expansion of ice sheets and glaciers *Quaternary glaciation, the current ice age, which started about 2.58 million years ago **Last glacial period,… …
3ice age — n. a time of extensive glaciation covering vast areas of the earth, esp., any of several such times during the Pleistocene Epoch the Ice Age the Pleistocene Epoch …
4ice age — ice′ age n. 1) gel (often caps.) the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets 2) gel any one of the Permian, Carboniferous, Cambrian, or Precambrian glaciations •… …
5ice age — ► NOUN ▪ a period when ice sheets were unusually extensive across the earth s surface, in particular during the Pleistocene period …
6ice age — noun any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth s surface the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene • Syn: ↑glacial period, ↑glacial epoch • Hypernyms: ↑period, ↑geological period • …
7ice age — Geol. (often caps.) the glacial epoch, esp. the Pleistocene Epoch. [1870 75] * * * or glacial age Any geologic period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land. Such periods of large scale glaciation may last several million years… …
8ice age — a period when glaciers covered significant portions of the planet, eliminating significant freshwater fish habitats, and marine habitats by lowering sea levels as water became locked up in ice. As the ice melted, fish recolonised these habitats,… …
9Little Ice Age — The reconstructed depth of the Little Ice Age varies between different studies (anomalies shown are from the 1950–80 reference period). The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period (Medieval… …
10ice age — noun a period or series of periods when ice sheets were unusually extensive across the earth s surface, in particular during the Pleistocene period …
