1. The condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action
   "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe" 
2. The process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

Derived forms: glaciations

See also: glacial, glaciate

Type of: environmental condition, geologic process, geological process

Encyclopedia: Glaciation

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