glaciating
Forming ice sheets
Glaciating is the process of being covered or affected by glaciers.
Land glaciates when ice sheets form and spread across it over geological time.
The term appears in scientific contexts describing how landscapes were shaped: The region was glaciating during the last ice age.
It can also mean to freeze or give a frozen appearance to something.
Glacier-deposited debris pile
- cirqueGlacier-carved mountain basin
- fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
- drumlinStreamlined glacial hill
- eskerSerpentine glacial gravel deposit
till · outwash · stratigraphy · plucking · ablation · erratic · striations · hanging valley
Losing thermal energy
- freezingExtremely cold
- ice ageEra of massive glaciation
- interglacialEpoch between major freezes
- snowlinePermanent accumulation boundary
glacial period · permafrost · tundra · polar · subzero · Milankovitch cycles · Little Ice Age · ice core
Year-old compacting snow
- névéGranular, compacted alpine snow
- crevasseDeep glacial fissure
- seracGlacial ice pinnacle
- icefallSteep, crevassed glacier section
icecap · snowfield · accumulation · compaction · calving · ice sheet · surging · piedmont
Species over 44 kilograms
- mammothsExtinct woolly elephants
- NeanderthalsExtinct European hominins
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- BeringiaFormer land connecting continents
land bridge · woolly rhinoceros · saber-toothed tiger · cave paintings · Lascaux · quaternary · Holocene · ice sheets
moraine
Glacier-deposited debris pile
- cirqueGlacier-carved mountain basin
- fjordGlacially carved coastal inlet
- drumlinStreamlined glacial hill
esker · till · outwash · stratigraphy · plucking · ablation · erratic · striations · hanging valley · arête
cooling
Losing thermal energy
- freezingExtremely cold
- ice ageEra of massive glaciation
- interglacialEpoch between major freezes
glacial period · snowline · permafrost · tundra · polar · subzero · Milankovitch cycles · Little Ice Age · ice core · paleoclimate
firn
Year-old compacting snow
icefall · icecap · snowfield · accumulation · compaction · calving · ice sheet · surging · piedmont
megafauna
Species over 44 kilograms
- mammothsExtinct woolly elephants
- NeanderthalsExtinct European hominins
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
Beringia · land bridge · woolly rhinoceros · saber-toothed tiger · cave paintings · Lascaux · quaternary · Holocene · ice sheets · extinction
glaciatingthawing
Frozen matter liquefying
melting · deglaciation · ablating · warming · defrosting
glaciatingablating
Wearing away progressively
interglacial · retreating · receding · ice-free · wasting