Rissadj.n.

Brit.

/rɪs/, U.S.

/rɪs/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Riss.

Etymology: < German Riss (in Riss-Vergletscherung; A. Penck in A. Penck & E. Brückner Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter (1901) I. i. 110) < Riss, the name of a tributary of the Isar in Austria and Germany.

Geology.

A. adj.

Designating the penultimate glaciation in the Alps, preceding the Würm and following the Mindel, and possibly corresponding to the Saale glaciation of northern Europe; of or relating to this glaciation.

ΘΚΠ

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

1907 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1906–07 B. 26 92 Four such stages of erosion have been noticed by Penck and Brückner, and designated by them as follows:—1. Günz-Eiszeit... 3. Riss-Eiszeit.]

1908 Amer. Anthropologist 10 637 These have been named after four streams of southern Germany in the foothills of the Alps: Günz, Mindel, Riss, and Würm glacial epochs respectively.

1910 Zeitschr. f. Gletscherkunde 4 244 The moderate erosion..which the Riss drift has experienced.

1971 Nature 22 Jan. 253/2 It is now recognized that the species Homo sapiens is of at least Riss age.

2005 E. A. Koster Physical Geogr. Western Europe iii. 54/1 In this zone of so-called ‘Riss moraines’, south of Lyons, two complexes of glacigenic deposits are distinguished.

B. n.

The Riss glaciation; the system of deposits laid down during this glaciation.

ΚΠ

1909 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 17 381 The corresponding drift sheets are named ‘Gunz, Mindel, Riss, and Würm’, the names being taken from type localities in the Alpine foreland.

1910 Zeitschr. f. Gletscherkunde 4 244 The interval between the Riss and the Würm.., the Riss-Würm interglacial stage.

1974 Sci. Amer. June 96/1 The next to last major advance, known to scholars as the Penultimate Glacial (Riss II in the Alpine sequence), marked the end of the Middle Pleistocene some 125,000 years ago.

2003 K. N. Wilkinson & R. J. J. Pope in A. J. Howard et al. Alluvial Archaeol. Europe v. 196 During the late Riss, or in the Riss-Würm, the River Evrotas migrated eastwards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	riss
释义	Rissadj.n. Brit. /rɪs/, U.S. /rɪs/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Riss. Etymology: < German Riss (in Riss-Vergletscherung; A. Penck in A. Penck & E. Brückner Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter (1901) I. i. 110) < Riss, the name of a tributary of the Isar in Austria and Germany. Geology. A. adj. Designating the penultimate glaciation in the Alps, preceding the Würm and following the Mindel, and possibly corresponding to the Saale glaciation of northern Europe; of or relating to this glaciation. ΘΚΠ 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 1907 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1906–07 B. 26 92 Four such stages of erosion have been noticed by Penck and Brückner, and designated by them as follows:—1. Günz-Eiszeit... 3. Riss-Eiszeit.] 1908 Amer. Anthropologist 10 637 These have been named after four streams of southern Germany in the foothills of the Alps: Günz, Mindel, Riss, and Würm glacial epochs respectively. 1910 Zeitschr. f. Gletscherkunde 4 244 The moderate erosion..which the Riss drift has experienced. 1971 Nature 22 Jan. 253/2 It is now recognized that the species Homo sapiens is of at least Riss age. 2005 E. A. Koster Physical Geogr. Western Europe iii. 54/1 In this zone of so-called ‘Riss moraines’, south of Lyons, two complexes of glacigenic deposits are distinguished. B. n. The Riss glaciation; the system of deposits laid down during this glaciation. ΚΠ 1909 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 17 381 The corresponding drift sheets are named ‘Gunz, Mindel, Riss, and Würm’, the names being taken from type localities in the Alpine foreland. 1910 Zeitschr. f. Gletscherkunde 4 244 The interval between the Riss and the Würm.., the Riss-Würm interglacial stage. 1974 Sci. Amer. June 96/1 The next to last major advance, known to scholars as the Penultimate Glacial (Riss II in the Alpine sequence), marked the end of the Middle Pleistocene some 125,000 years ago. 2003 K. N. Wilkinson & R. J. J. Pope in A. J. Howard et al. Alluvial Archaeol. Europe v. 196 During the late Riss, or in the Riss-Würm, the River Evrotas migrated eastwards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1908
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