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# Title Terms Date
1Geography by Tessiiee7 termsApril 18, 2008
2GLACIATIONby MGalligan13 termsFebruary 23, 2009
3Intermediate 2 Glaciationby 123456hl5 termsNovember 5, 2008
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glaciation definitions
# Definition Sets
1the changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers6 sets
2the process whereby glaciers form and spread4 sets
3a period of global cooling during which continental ice sheets and mountain glaciers expand.3 sets
4period of global cooling during which continental ice sheets and mountain glaciers expand3 sets
5changing of landforms by moving glaciers2 sets
6the changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers.2 sets
7a period of global cooling during which continental ice sheets and mountain glaciers expand2 sets
8the process of glacier formation and movement2 sets
9changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers2 sets
10a period of regional or global development and expansion of glaciers1 set
11the formation, movement, and recession of glaciers or ice sheets.1 set
12a repeated advance of continental ice sheets1 set
13actionas and processes associated with glaciers1 set
14symptom of rapid changes in climate, only requires 10 degree in world timperatures. glaciers mostly advanced in the northern hemisphere1 set
15n.冻结成冰,冰河作用1 set
16the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice1 set
17an evolution thinkin that ice sheetss covered the earth for thousands of years1 set
18the changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers (sheets of ice)1 set
19major movements of ice, flattening vast areas and leaving rocks in places1 set
20the way glaciers affect land as they move across it1 set
21the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice1 set
22refers to all aspects of glaciers, including their origin, expansion, and retreat, and their impact on the earth's surface1 set
23creates and destroys landforms1 set
24to subject to glacial action in which a large body of ice moves slowly down a slope or valley, or spreads outward on a land surface.1 set
25single episode or time period in which ice sheets formed, spread, and disappeared1 set
26is the changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers1 set
27the formation of glaciers; the condition of being covered by glaciers; the effects produced by the action of glaciers.1 set
28glaciers formed/spread over peninsula in europe1 set
29the creation and movement of glaciers1 set
30the process of being covered or covering with masses of ice1 set
31the process in which glaciers form and spread1 set
32jäätumine1 set
33the process whereby glaceirs form and spread1 set
34is the changing of landforms by slow moving glaciers1 set
35remelting and refreezing causing layers1 set
36the process whereby glaciers form and spread.1 set
37the formation of massive ice sheets that extend from each pole to cover land1 set
38eljegesedés1 set