glacial period

1. Any of the geologic periods which embraced an ice age; for example, the Quaternary period may be called a glacial period. 2. Generally, an interval of geologic time which was marked by a major equatorward advance of ice.

Related terms:

• Glacial Epoch
• glacial
• Glacial Drift
• Alabama Period
• Tertiary Period.
• cryogenic period
• glacial maximum
• xerothermic period
• ice period
• glacial lake