ALL meanings of glacial period
gla·cial pe·ri·od
G g - noun glacial period Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets. 1
- noun glacial period any one of the Permian, Carboniferous, Cambrian, or Precambrian glaciations. 1
- noun glacial period any period of time during which a large part of the earth's surface was covered with ice, due to the advance of glaciers, as in the late Carboniferous period, and during most of the Pleistocene; glaciation 0
- noun glacial period the Pleistocene epoch 0