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Glaciation   Listen
noun
Glaciation  n.  
1.
Act of freezing.
2.
That which is formed by freezing; ice.
3.
The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.





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"Glaciation" Quotes from Famous Books



... the lime-secreting organisms are actively at work. And yet it took but a few millions of years to uplift the deposits of the ancient Tethys; pile high its sediments in fold upon fold in the Alps, the Carpathians, and the Himalayas; and—exposing them to the rigours of denudation at altitudes where glaciation, landslip, and torrent prevail—inaugurate a new ...
— The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays • J. (John) Joly
... As for glaciation, I will not venture to express any opinion, for when in S. America I knew nothing about glaciers, and perhaps attributed much to icebergs which ought to be attributed to glaciers. On the other hand, Agassiz seems to ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Glaciation" :   glaciate, Saale glaciation, geologic process, Riss glaciation


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