gcmd_keyword : LAND RECORDS>GLACIATION

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definition	A glaciation (a created composite term meaning Glacial Period, referring to the Period or Era of, as well as the process of High Glacial Activity), often called an ice age, is a geological phenomenon in which massive ice sheets form in the Arctic and Antarctic and advance toward the equator. Conversely, the term interglacial or Interglacial Period, such as the current era, is used to denote the absence of large-scale glaciation on a global scale ¿ i.e., a non-Ice Age. Interglacials are, in general, shorter than glacial epochs.
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label	GLACIATION
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Ancestors	GLACIATION < LAND RECORDS < PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS < CLIMATE INDICATORS < EARTH SCIENCE < Science Keywords