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glacial retreat [¦glā·shəl ri′trēt]

(geology)

A condition occurring when backward melting at the front of a glacier takes place at a rate exceeding forward motion.

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No references found			Climate change can significantly influence glacial retreat. India allays panic over Himalayan glacial melt by Mail Today (New Delhi, India) Professor Peck and his colleagues compared records of coastal glacial retreat with records of the amount of chlorophyll (green plant pigment essential for photosynthesis) in the ocean. Antarctica glacier retreat creates new CO2 store by Asian News International But Ramesh denied any such risk existed and backed the findings of the study, "Himalayan Glaciers, a state-of-art review of glacial studies, glacial retreat and climate change," that looked at 100 years of data gathered by the Geological Survey of India from 25 glaciers India's environment minister under fire over glaciers by AFP / AFP Global Edition			Glacial Complex glacial deposit Glacial Deposits Glacial Dome glacial drift glacial epoch glacial erosion glacial flour glacial flow glacial geology glacial high glacial ice Glacial Isostacy glacial lake Glacial Lakes State Park Glacial Lithogenesis glacial lobe glacial maximum glacial mill Glacial Morphosculpture glacial outwash glacial period glacial periods glacial plucking Glacial Relicts glacial retreat glacial scour glacial striae Glacial Striation Glacial Theory glacial till glacial trough glacial varve glaciated terrain Glaciation glaciation limit glacier Glacier Bay Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Glacier County glacier flow glacier front glacier ice glacier mill Glacier National Park glacier pothole glacier table Glacier Till glacier well Glacier Wind			glacial ice Glacial Isostacy Glacial lake Glacial lake outburst flood Glacial lakes Glacial Lakes Area Development Glacial Lakes Corn Processors Glacial Lakes Motorcycle Club Glacial Lakes State Park Glacial Lithogenesis glacial lobe Glacial maximum Glacial maximum glacial mill Glacial moraine Glacial moraine Glacial moraines Glacial moraines Glacial Morphosculpture Glacial outwash glacial period glacial period Glacial periods Glacial periods Glacial phenol Glacial phosphoric acid Glacial plucking Glacial refugia Glacial refugia Glacial Relicts glacial retreat Glacial Retreat in Antarctica and Deglaciation of the Earth System glacial scour Glacial sheet Glacial sheet Glacial Stage Glacial Stage glacial striae Glacial striation Glacial striation Glacial striations Glacial striations Glacial theory Glacial theory Glacial till Glacial till Glacial till Glacial till Glacial till plain Glacial till plains Glacial till plains Glacial till plains Glacial till plains glacial trough Glacial valley Glacial valley Glacial valleys Glacial valleys glacial varve Glacial, Undifferentiated Glacialist

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