interglacial
pronunciation
How to pronounce interglacial in British English:
UK [ˌɪntə'gleɪsɪəl]
How to pronounce interglacial in American English:
US [ˌɪntə'gleɪʃəl]
Word Origin
- interglacial (adj.)
- 1867, from German, coined 1865 by Swiss naturalist Oswald Heer (1809-1883); see inter- + glacial.
Example
- 1. We do not know whether we live in a postglacial period or an interglacial period .
- 2. What is the significance of higher than present sea levels during the last interglacial period .
- 3. The variation indicates that montmorillonite has its highest concentration in the interglacial sediments , and illite and chlorite have their highest concentration in the glacial sediments .
- 4. The extension of sea ice during glacial periods was linked with the climate over north american continent , revealing the responses of sea ice extension in the bering sea to global climate change during late quaternary glacial and interglacial cycles .
- 5. The revealed carbonate cycles of the nansha islands area all belong to so called " atlantic type " with glacial lower and interglacial higher values , implying a controlling role played by the terrigenous input .