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glaciation [‚glā·shē′ā·shən] (geology) Alteration of any part of the earth's surface by passage of a glacier, chiefly by glacial erosion or deposition. (meteorology) The transformation of cloud particles from waterdrops to ice crystals, as in the upper portion of a cumulonimbus cloud. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 5 km wide, is in a depression carved out by repeated glaciations and partly owes its site to the melting of the last bit of glacial ice. Like any enigma in science, the Neoproterozoic glaciations have attracted their share of inventive, even oddball, theories. 1992; Crowell, 1999), with massive glaciations at these two maxima and their absence in the intermediate time interval. |
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