interglacial

/in-ter-gley-shuhl/US // ˌɪn tərˈgleɪ ʃəl //UK // (ˌɪntəˈɡleɪsɪəl, -ʃəl) //

间冰期,冰间期,冰间期的,间冰期的

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The last four interglacials, according to the USGS, have lasted over approximately 20,000 years, “with the warmest portion being a relatively stable period of 10,000 to 15,000 years duration.”
During the first and second interglacial epochs the climate appears to have been warmer than at present.
He also took up a much bolder attitude on the question of interglacial deposits and the relation of man to the Ice Age.
In both cases it is extremely difficult, or quite impossible, to assign the remains to definite glacial or interglacial times.
Many of the valleys of our present rivers are but patchworks of preglacial, interglacial, and postglacial courses (Fig. 366).
It was followed by the Third Interglacial epoch which may have extended over at least 100,000 years.