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interglacial, a. Geol.|-ˈgleɪʃ(ɪ)əl|
[inter- 4 b; introduced in German in 1865 by Heer (Urwelt des Schweiz, p. 532).]
Lying between glacial periods; formed or occurring between two such periods. Also absol., an interglacial period.
1867Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) I. 196 The interval of milder weather, marked by the decrease of snow and ice in the Alps, has been called by Prof. Heer the Inter-glacial Period. 1873J. Geikie Gt. Ice Age Pref. 10 None of these gravels in my opinion are post-glacial, but all must be relegated to pre-glacial and inter-glacial times. 1875J. Croll Climate & T. xv. 238 Our limited knowledge of warm inter⁓glacial periods. Ibid. i. 22, I have given the reasons which induce me to believe that coal is an inter-glacial formation. 1881G. Allen Vignettes fr. Nat. xv. 154 Among the subsisting drift of glacial and interglacial rivers. 1922Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXXIII. 421 In the terraces corresponding to the First Interglacial of the Alps he holds that there is no Scandinavian material. 1939G. Clark Archaeol. & Society v. 137 An extra long gap, which..would be equivalent to the Mindel-Riss inter-glacial. 1970I. Cornwall Ice Ages iii. 69 This down-cutting formed the bench..on which the deposits of the following Interglacial were laid down.
Hence interˈglacialism, the theory of interglacial periods; interˈglacialist, one who holds this view.
1881W. B. Dawkins in Nature XXIII. 309 Dr. James Geikie takes his stand upon the glaciated mountains of Scotland, and..pushes glacialism and interglacialism to an extreme. 1893Sir H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare II. 459 The interglacialists are not agreed among themselves as to the number of the ice periods. |