| 释义 |
Weichsel Geol.|ˈvaɪksəl|
The German form of the name of the river Vistula in Poland, used attrib. and absol. to designate the fourth and final Pleistocene glaciation in northern Europe, corresponding to the Würm glaciation of the Alps. Hence Weichˈselian a. (also absol.).
1934R. A. Daly Changing World of Ice Age i. 29 Recently four Glacial stages have been traced in Germany. Figure 19 shows the nested moraines of three, named in order of decreasing age, Elster, Saale, and Weichsel. 1968Embleton & King Glacial & Periglacial Geomorphol. 10 The links with North America, apart from the correlation of the Wisconsinan with the Würm/Weichselian, are more tenuous. 1969Bennison & Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xvi. 361 After the early Weichselian glaciation the climate varied considerably. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 598/3 The Weichsel Glacial Stage has been divided into at least two main cold phases,..separated from each other by a period of more moderate climatic conditions, an interstadial. 1979Jrnl. Arid Environments II. 293 Five successive units of time, respectively the Palaeozoic, the Mesozoic, the Tertiary, the Quaternary, and the late Weichselian and Flandrian. |