“Postglacial”—A Term with Three Meanings
Abstract “Postglacial”, with a capital “P”, is a chrono-stratigraphical unit starting with the Preboreal at 10 000 B.P. De Geer used the same name for a period covering approximately the last 8 900 years. The same word “postglacial”, with a small “p”, is a genetic facies term telling us that the sed...
Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1973
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000022784 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000022784 |
Summary: | Abstract “Postglacial”, with a capital “P”, is a chrono-stratigraphical unit starting with the Preboreal at 10 000 B.P. De Geer used the same name for a period covering approximately the last 8 900 years. The same word “postglacial”, with a small “p”, is a genetic facies term telling us that the sediments were deposited without influence of the receding ice (in contrast to glacial deposits). |
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