单词 | devensian |
释义 | Devensianadj. Geology and Archaeology. Of, pertaining to, or designating the most recent Pleistocene glaciation in Britain (identified with the Weichsel of continental Europe); of or belonging to this glacial; spec. designating a stratigraphic stage of the Pleistocene thought to date from this period. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > ice-age or glaciation > specific glaciation Iowan1894 Scanian1895 Illinoian1896 sub-Aftonian1896 Mindel1909 Günz1910 Würm1910 Polonian1914 Nebraskan1930 Elster1934 little ice age1939 Donau1957 Wisconsin1967 Devensian1968 Wisconsinan1968 Anglian1976 Menapian1983 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [adjective] > quaternary > specific glaciation periods Kansan1894 Scanian1895 Wisconsin1895 Illinoian1896 sub-Aftonian1896 Riss1908 Würmian1927 Elster1934 Weichsel1934 Saale1937 Menapian1957 Nebraskan1966 Anglian1968 Devensian1968 Weichselian1968 Wisconsinan1968 Elsterian1969 Wolstonian1969 Würm1972 Donau1983 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods dark ages1842 Iron Age1845 iron period1847 stone period1849 lithic age1862 Aurignac1863 stone age1864 three ages1866 Palaeolithic1869 Middle Stone Age1870 prehistory1871 stone era1873 Siwalik1877 Neolithic1878 hemera1893 Mesvinian1909 Mesolithic1931 Abbevillian1937 Devensian1968 Creswellian1969 dryas1975 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of prehistoric periods prolepticala1646 ante-historical1724 ante-historic1828 lacustrine1830 palaeotherian1831 prehistoric1832 Siwalik1836 megalithic1839 subarctic1846 meta-historical1854 prehistorical1854 lithic1862 protolithic1863 Archaeolithic1865 lacustrian1865 Palaeolithic1865 Mesolithic1866 Hallstatt1869 microlithic1872 palaeocosmic1875 Silurian1875 Miolithic1877 archilithic1879 eneolithic1886 palaeolithical1887 Solutrian1888 eolithic1890 Hallstattian1893 Chellean1894 pre-Palaeolithic1894 palaeolithoid1896 protolithic1896 Siculian1896 Siculic1896 Azilian1899 Acheulean1901 Villanova1901 chalcolithic1902 sub-Neolithic1903 Mesvinian1905 protoneolithic1906 Sicanian1909 Siculan1909 Aurignacian1914 Getulian1914 Châtelperron1915 epipalaeolithic1921 Creswellian1926 Capsian1928 Villanovan1928 Chelleo-Acheulean1930 Abbevillian1934 Swiderian1936 dryas1946 Shamvaian1947 Mazovian1965 Devensian1968 talayotic1974 1968 Geol. Soc. London Recomm. Stratif. Classif. 20 It is recommended that for the Pleistocene and Holocene of the British Isles the following ages/stages be adopted as a regional scale... Pleistocene: Devensian [etc.]. 1975 J. G. Evans Environment Early Man Brit. Isles ii. 34 The Devensian Glaciation is the latest major cold-climate episode to have affected the British Isles. 1978 Nature 2 Mar. 26/1 The extent of permafrost in Britain during the Devensian may be inferred from relict features. 1984 J. J. Lowe & M. J. C. Walker Reconstructing Quaternary Environments ii. 26 In Britain, the maximum extent of the last (Devensian) glaciation has traditionally been placed where a morphological distinction can be made. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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