ALTITHERMAL

Meaning of ALTITHERMAL in English

|altə̇|thərm əl adjective

Etymology: alti- + thermal

: of or belonging to a time during which the climate is relatively warm — often used of a part of postglacial time

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ALTITHERMAL — (Climatology) A period of time when it was much warmer than now, approximately 7,000-4,500 years before the present time. Also …
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HOLOCENE EPOCH — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. formerly Recent Epoch, …
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MEDITHERMAL — (Climatology) The present period of climatological conditions, beginning approximately 4,500 years ago and following the warmer Altithermal period. Also see …
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ANATHERMAL — (Climatology) The period preceding the Altithermal; the early Holocene epoch from about 10,000-7,000 years before the present. Also see Medithermal.
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