postglacial
Following frozen era
Postglacial describes the period following a glacial age, particularly the time since the last major ice sheets retreated roughly 10,000 years ago.
The term appears in geology, archaeology, and climate science: postglacial rebound, postglacial landscapes.
Land that was compressed under ice slowly rises in postglacial uplift.
Following in order
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- boreal forestSubarctic coniferous woodland zone
Current geological epoch
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
- deglaciationRetreat of glaciers
- paleoclimatologyStudy of prehistoric climates
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
sea level rise · isostasy · oxygen isotopes · pluvial · Younger Dryas
Middle stone era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- hunter-gatherersSubsistence through wild resources
- megalithsLarge prehistoric stones
- settlementsEstablished communities or agreements
artifacts · carbon dating · migration · domestication · flintknapping · pottery · stratigraphy · land bridges
succession
Following in order
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
boreal forest · permafrost thaw · soil formation · paleoecology
Holocene
Current geological epoch
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
- deglaciationRetreat of glaciers
- paleoclimatologyStudy of prehistoric climates
temperature · sea level rise · isostasy · oxygen isotopes · pluvial · Younger Dryas
Mesolithic
Middle stone era
- NeolithicFinal prehistoric stone-tool era
- hunter-gatherersSubsistence through wild resources
- megalithsLarge prehistoric stones
settlements · artifacts · carbon dating · migration · domestication · flintknapping · pottery · stratigraphy · land bridges · toolmaking
moraine
Glacier-deposited debris pile
sea level change
Oceanic height variation
glacial, glacier, glaciers, glaciation, glaciology, glaciated, glaciologist, subglacial, interglacial