postglacial
adjectiveRelating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period.
In geology See
Of or pertaining to any portion of Pleistocene time subsequent to the final recession of the continental ice-sheet.
nounA sediment deposited under conditions consequent upon the retreat of a continental glacier.
adjectiveFormed or occurring after the last glacial epoch of the Pleistocene period, or at a locality within the area of Pleistocene glaciation after the final disappearance of the glacier from the locality.
adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or designating, an epoch after the last Glacial and before the Terrace epoch.
adjectiveOccurring after
relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period
