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Glacial epoch   /glˈeɪʃəl ˈɛpək/   Listen
Glacial epoch

noun
1.
Any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface.  Synonyms: glacial period, ice age.
2.
From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution.  Synonyms: Pleistocene, Pleistocene epoch.






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"Glacial epoch" Quotes from Famous Books



... the condition of dry land when the eruptions commenced, in this condition they continued in the main throughout the period of volcanic activity. But the eruptions had scarcely ceased, and the lava floods and dykes become consolidated, before the succeeding glacial epoch set in; when the snows and glaciers of the Scottish Highlands gradually descending from their original mountain heights, and spreading outwards in all directions, ultimately enveloped the whole of the region we are now considering until it ...
— Volcanoes: Past and Present • Edward Hull



Words linked to "Glacial epoch" :   epoch, period, Age of Man, Quaternary period, prehistory, quaternary, ice age, geological period, prehistoric culture, Pleistocene epoch



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