interglacial period

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interglacial
adjective
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/ˌɪn.təˈɡleɪ.si.əl/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈɡleɪ.ʃəl/
relating to, or happening during, a period of warmer climate between two glacial (= extremely ...
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period
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us
/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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It found that in theinterglacialperiod10,000 years ago there was a large increase in the amount of carbon dioxide.
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We are, we understand, in aninterglacialperiod.
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We face the danger of entering aninterglacialperiodin which the ice which exists on large parts of the earth's surface, particularly in the polar regions, may disappear altogether.
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All of these lakes were linked to form a large estuarine system during the lastinterglacialperiodapproximately 120,000 years ago.
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It was hoped that these finds would yield information about climate change dating back to the lastinterglacialperiod120,000 years ago.
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Two phases of fan sediment deposition were separated by a long period of subaerial weathering, which may represent aninterglacialperiod.
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Part of the sediments are volcaniclastic material such as clays from the lastinterglacialperiod.
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In 1944, she attributed the pollen to the end of aninterglacialperiod.
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Currently, the world is existing in aninterglacialperiodwithin a much older glacial event.
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Ruddimans central argument is that this most recentinterglacialperiodhas deviated from the natural cycle because of human activities, most importantly farming.
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The development of still currently existing, strong periglacial surface forms with patterned grounds has to be led back to the warminterglacialperiodbefore 7000 to 2000 years.
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Those periods are referred to as the "interglacial periods" in the jargon.
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These consisting of glacial periods where conditions are colder than normal, separated by interglacial periods.
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High contents correspond to warm interglacial periods, and low to glacial periods.
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Tree species spread outward from refugia during interglacial periods, but in varied patterns, with different trees dominating in different periods.
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Astronomical cycles correlate perfectly with glacial and interglacial periods, and their transitions, "inside" an ice age.
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During interglacial periods, the climate becomes arid once more and causes these lakes to evaporate and dry up.
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Interglacial periods correlate well with an intensification of the monsoon circulation.
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Wherever these areas were found, they became source populations during interglacial periods.
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Climate patterns can last tens of thousands of years, like the glacial and interglacial periods within ice ages, or repeat each year, like monsoons.
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