| 释义 |
Laufen|ˈlaʊfən|
The name of a place in W. Germany near Salzburg, adopted by A. Penck (in Penck & Brückner Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter (1909) I. ii. 157, 248) and used attrib. to designate a minor retreat and advance of glaciation which he believed followed the last major (Würm) glaciation in the Alps.
1927Peake & Fleure Hunters & Artists 4 After the maximum of the Würm glaciation came a shrinkage called the Laufen retreat, but only of relatively short duration. 1939Auden & Isherwood Journey to War 292 When we emerged from holes And blinked in the warm sunshine of the Laufen ice retreat. 1957J. K. Charlesworth Quaternary Era II. xlii. 1174 The Laufen oscillation is probably to be equated with the Aurignacian oscillation. |