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Interstadial
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interstadial [‚in·tər′stād·ē·əl]
(geology)
Pertaining to a period during a glacial stage in which the ice retreated temporarily.
Interstadial 

a period characterized by a slight warming in the climate and a considerable reduction in ice sheets between two stages of their advance during a glaciation in the Anthropogenic (Quaternary) period.
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