glaciation
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- n 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 - n the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice
- MacMillan hopes to find definite scientific data as to whether a new glaciation may be expected, but most geologists hold that it is too early to make predictions.
- The shift of the poles would explain remains of tropical vegetation found near the present poles and signs of glaciation found in the present tropics.
- The Northern Hemisphere is still recovering from the last great glaciation of the Ice Age, though for chronological purposes this period is considered to have ended some 20,000 .