Xerothermic Period

xerothermic period

[¦zir·ə¦thər·mik ′pir·ē·əd]
(geology)
A postglacial interval of a warmer, drier climate. Also known as xerothermal period.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Xerothermic Period

 

a phase of the postglacial geological history of Europe with a warm and dry climate, chronologically corresponding to the end of the Atlantic and the beginning of the Subboreal period (4,000-5,000 years ago).

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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