(n.) The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.
Example Sentences:
(1) Early on Saturday morning, he reached the summit of Nuptse, the first and lowest of the three main summits in the Everest "horseshoe" that surrounds the glaciated valley called the Western Cwm.
(2) From the top of this glaciated U-shaped valley are views over the Glasglyn river, out to Cardigan Bay and beyond.
(3) In Tasmania there are landlocked populations of G. truttaceus in a cluster of geologically young lakes on the recently glaciated Central Plateau.
(4) The sample fits in a European evolutionary sequence of reducing posterior and expanding anterior permanent teeth, while the deciduous teeth seem to undergo expansion through the Würm glaciation.
(5) The Matterhorn is visible now, and we spot other famous glaciated peaks, the Weisshorn and Breithorn.
(6) Since the discovery of the fossil teeth of Yuanmou man (Homo erectus yuanmouensis) on May 1, 1965 from Yuanmou county, Yunnan Province, the Institute of Geomechanics, relying on the local poor and lower-middle peasants and co-operating with other units concerned, has been conducting intensive researches on the fossil man-bearing strata as well as Quaternary glaciation.
(7) This divergence time suggests that D. pseudoobscura extended its range from North America to South America in a period of Pleistocene glaciation, when habitat suitable for the species presumably existed in lowland Central America.
(8) For the Quaternary, Artemisia is often present with low percentages and is only developing during the glaciation.
(9) This coincides with very rapid glaciation; sea level fell by more than 100 metres, devastating shallow marine ecosystems; less than a million years later, there was a second wave of extinctions as ice melted, sea level rose rapidly, and oceans became oxygen-depleted.
(10) 700,000-10,000 BP) in northern Eurasia and North America was a time of constantly changing climate, ranging from phases of extensive glaciation in cold stages, to temperate periods (interglacials).
(11) Smelt and sea raven belong to taxonomic orders believed to have diverged prior to Cenozoic glaciation.
(12) Asexual taxa have a greater tendency than sexual taxa do to colonize once-glaciated areas.
(13) Jotunheimen national park is a sub-Arctic wilderness with trails up and around glaciated peaks such as Norway's highest, Galdhøppigen.
(14) High in the 2,000-metre-plus Olympic mountains, much of that precipitation falls in the form of snow, which feeds more than 250 glaciers, making this the most glaciated US terrain outside Alaska.
(15) They completely dismiss the rival theory that the stones were carried by glaciers: "The one tiny flaw in the theory is that there is absolutely no evidence for glaciation of Wiltshire," Wainwright said.
(16) Even today, scientific opinion remains divided over whether they were hewn, dragged and possibly floated to the site, or were merely left lying there in the wake of retreating glaciations; while, as for the still larger sarsen stones, as far as I'm aware there's no specific separate explanation for how they got to Stonehenge from the Marlborough Downs, which are by no means as far as Wales but still a significant drag away.
(17) Of special interest is that under the Yuanmou formation there occur glacial traces which prove beyond doubt the existence of glaciation over 3 million years ago.
(18) Analysis of the state average values in geological provinces shows the highest provincial areas for Ra are the Upper Coastal Plain, the glaciated Central Platform, and the Colorado plateau.
(19) Tasmania urged to scrap plan to open more world heritage area to tourism Read more “My concern is for the areas of rainforest and high-altitude vegetation in heavily glaciated [areas] where fire is not and has not been part of the ecology for millions and millions of years.” Law said pencil pines and fagus, Australia’s only winter-deciduous tree, are now in the path of large fires moving into the world heritage area.
Glacier
Definition:
(n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.
Example Sentences:
(1) The melting of sea ice, ice caps and glaciers across the planet is one of the clearest signs of global warming and the UK-led team of scientists will use the data from CryoSat-2 to track how this is affecting ocean currents, sea levels and the overall global climate.
(2) Raw power Standing before a glacier in Greenland as it calves icebergs into the dark waters of a cavernous fjord is to witness the raw power of a natural process we have accelerated but will now struggle to control.
(3) It’s walkable to the trailhead for the Hielo Azul glacier, and a network of mountain refuges, all with camping ( trekelbolson.com ).
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Satellite view of Antarctica with the Thwaites glacier marked in red.
(5) Higher air temperatures can increase surface melting, but warm ocean currents accelerate ice loss more when glaciers flow into the sea.
(6) In December the US Geological Survey also warned that sea-level rise could be even worse than feared, as much as 1.5 metres by the end of this century, partly due to increased melting of the volume of water stored in glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland.
(7) These glaciers are receding world-wide, in the Himalayas, Andes and Rocky Mountains.
(8) Glaciers in the Alps have lost about two-thirds of their volume since 1850.
(9) "Going to look at glaciers melting in Norway registers in a way that planting a tree in Wales would not.
(10) The striking images of Cameron posing on the ice with huskies on the way to visiting a melting glacier in 2006 marked a turning point for the Conservatives, who had been seen by many voters as uncaring.
(11) But because meltwater can percolate down to lubricate the undersides of glaciers, and because warmer oceans can lift the ends of glaciers up off the sea floor and remove a natural brake, the ice itself can end up getting dumped into the sea, unmelted.
(12) This would make those glaciers more vulnerable to melting than had been previously anticipated.
(13) Instead he said the buildup of ice was caused by the aftermath of a collision between a huge iceberg known as B09B and the Mertz Glacier Tongue.
(14) "I believe this data is the most reliable estimate of global glacier mass balance that has been produced to date," said Bamber.
(15) Using aerial surveys and satellite imagery, they monitored the lakes and tracked the progress of glaciers moving toward the coast.
(16) Mitchell Feierstein, chief executive of Glacier Environmental Funds, said the CDM had long been overshadowed by bigger opportunities for green investors.
(17) A global glacier database called the Randolph Glacier Inventory made the study possible.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The gust of warm air that caused the unprecedented thaw in Greenland's surface ice also appears to have caused unusually high run-off from a glacier, wiping out a crossing near a key research and transport hub.
(19) The package includes a night at the Hilton Nordica Hotel in Reykjavik, the base for the cast and crew during filming, and features trips to the Hofdabrekkuheidi area and the Vatnajökull glacier in Skaftafell, both of which featured in character Jon Snow's epic trek beyond the wall.
(20) Locals have nicknamed it "blue diamond"; its colour comes from being cleaved from centuries-old compressed ice at the ancient heart of the glacier.