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61Glacial landform — Antique postcard shows rocks scarred by glacial erosion. Yosemite Valley …
62Glacial Lake Missoula — Wave cut strandlines cut into the slope at left in photo. These cuts record former high water lines, or shorelines. Gullies above the highway are the result of modern day erosion. (NPS Photo) …
63Glacial period — A glacial period is an interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate within an ice age. The last glacial period ended about 10,000 to …
64Glacial River Warren — [ Lake Agassiz; its outflow breached the U shaped Big Stone Moraine at Traverse Gap and became the source of River Warren. At the extreme right, the northernmost oxbow loop is the Mississippi at downtown Saint Paul. Just to its west and almost… …
65glacial stage — ▪ geologic time in geology, a cold episode during an ice age, or glacial period. An ice age (q.v.) is a portion of geologic time during which a much larger part of the Earth s surface was covered by glaciers than at present. The Pleistocene …
66Glacial erratic — [ Doane Rock, at Cape Cod National Seashore] A glacial erratic is a piece of rock that deviates from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests; the name is based on the errant location of these boulders. These rocks were… …
67Glacial landforms — Many now familiar glacial landforms were created by the movement of huge sheets of ice called continental glaciers during the Pleistocene Epoch (more commonly called the Ice Age.) Erosional landformsAs the glaciers expanded, due to their… …
68Glacial Lake Souris — The Glacial Lake Souris occupied the basin of the Souris River from the most southern portion of this river s loop in North Dakota to its elbow in Manitoba, where it turned sharply northward and passed through the Tiger Hills. The length of Lake… …
69Glacial geology of the Genesee River — The Genesee River flows northward from its source in northern Pennsylvania to enter Lake Ontario at Rochester, New York. Genesee River Middle Section Near Mount Morris Showing Glacial Changes in Valleys The present river valley has been modified… …
70GLACIAL, ALE — adj. Qui glace, qui pénètre d’un froid vif. Vent, air glacial. Il n’a point de pluriel au masculin. Il s’emploie aussi figurément et signifie Qui est d’une extrême froideur, qui déconcerte, qui paralyse. Air glacial. Accueil glacial. Réponse… …
