Definition of interstadial in English:
interstadial
adjective ˌɪntəˈsteɪdɪəlˌin(t)ərˈstādēəl
Geology Relating to a minor period of less cold climate during a glacial period.
Compare with interglacial
Example sentencesExamples
- The value of - 9 m for Robe Range relates to deposition during interstadial 5c rather than during the interglacial maximum.
- Robe 11 and Robe III refer respectively to interstadial Substages Sa and Sc according to the terminology of Schwebel.
- Between 20000 and 105000 BP the GRIP and GISP2 cores record 22 warm interstadial events reflecting extremely rapid climatic change in the North Atlantic.
noun ˌɪntəˈsteɪdɪəlˌin(t)ərˈstādēəl
Geology An interstadial period.
Example sentencesExamples
- In comparison with other deglaciation records from the Rockall Trough the sample may date from the warm Allerod-Boiling interstadial of 13.5-11 ka.
- And even the glacial periods themselves are divided into colder phases and temperate interstadials.
- Presumably it represents a steppe bison, a species that was relatively common in the Yukon and Alaska during the Mid-Wisconsinan interstadial.
- Data from the GRIP ice core from Greenland show that this cold period was not uniformly cold and 24 interstadials are recognized (DansgaardOeschger events).
- At Vostok, however, only nine interstadials are recorded in the same time period.
Origin
Early 20th century: from inter- 'between' + stadial from Latin stadialis, from stadium 'stage'.
Definition of interstadial in US English:
interstadial
adjectiveˌin(t)ərˈstādēəl
Geology Relating to a minor period of less cold climate during a glacial period.
Compare with interglacial
Example sentencesExamples
- Robe 11 and Robe III refer respectively to interstadial Substages Sa and Sc according to the terminology of Schwebel.
- The value of - 9 m for Robe Range relates to deposition during interstadial 5c rather than during the interglacial maximum.
- Between 20000 and 105000 BP the GRIP and GISP2 cores record 22 warm interstadial events reflecting extremely rapid climatic change in the North Atlantic.
nounˌin(t)ərˈstādēəl
Geology An interstadial period.
Example sentencesExamples
- In comparison with other deglaciation records from the Rockall Trough the sample may date from the warm Allerod-Boiling interstadial of 13.5-11 ka.
- And even the glacial periods themselves are divided into colder phases and temperate interstadials.
- Data from the GRIP ice core from Greenland show that this cold period was not uniformly cold and 24 interstadials are recognized (DansgaardOeschger events).
- Presumably it represents a steppe bison, a species that was relatively common in the Yukon and Alaska during the Mid-Wisconsinan interstadial.
- At Vostok, however, only nine interstadials are recorded in the same time period.
Origin
Early 20th century: from inter- ‘between’ + stadial from Latin stadialis, from stadium ‘stage’.