Mindel–Rissadj.n.
/ˌmɪndlˈrɪs/, U.S. /ˌmɪndəlˈrɪs/ Geology.
A. adj.
Designating the interglacial period between the Mindel and Riss glaciations; of or relating to this period.
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interglacial1867
Mindel–Riss1908
Cromerian1922
Ipswichian1955
1908 Amer. Anthropologist 10 642 The Chellean epoch was a long one, reaching well back into the long Mindel-Riss interglacial epoch.
1912 A. Irving Let. 20 Dec. in F. Spencer Piltdown Papers 1908–1955 (1990) 44 Do you—admitting Werth's conclusions as to H. heidelbergensis—take the Mindel-Riss Interglacial period for the time of the Eoanthropus?
1939 G. Clark Archaeol. & Society v. 137 An extra long gap, which..would be equivalent to the Mindel-Riss inter-glacial.
1972 Sci. Amer. Mar. 60/1 A bear skull preserved in Mindel-Riss sediments at Swanscombe in England shows the domed forehead that is characteristic of the species.
2003 P. K. Seth Understanding Evol. Man vii. 153 These gravels are attributed to the Mindel-Riss interglacial stage, 400,000 to 200,000 years ago.
B. n.
The Mindel–Riss interglacial period.
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1910 H. F. Osborn Age of Mammals vi. 402 This stage opens with the more temperate climate of the long, warm, interglacial period known as the Mindel-Riss of Penck.
1965 H. G. Richards & R. W. Fairbridge Annotated Bibliogr. Quaternary Shorelines xv. 105 Tyrrhenian I is represented on the south shore of Mallorca by a series of platforms... These are correlated with the Holstein or Mindel/Riss.
1996 D. R. Oldroyd Thinking about Earth vii. 155 One could estimate the times for the other interglacials, 60,000 being suggested for the Riss-Würm and 240,000 for the Mindel-Riss.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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