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Definition of: glacial epoch
Geol.
1. Any portion of geological time characterized by the formation of ice sheets over large portions of the earth's surface.
2. One of four such epochs identified as succeeding one another during the Pleistocene: beginning with the oldest, they are the Günz, the Mindel, the Riss, and the Würm.
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