postglacial

adjective

Relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period.

In geology See Post-tertiary.

Of or pertaining to any portion of Pleistocene time subsequent to the final recession of the continental ice-sheet.

noun

A sediment deposited under conditions consequent upon the retreat of a continental glacier.

adjective

Formed 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.

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an epoch after the last Glacial and before the Terrace epoch.

adjective

Occurring after glaciation

adjective

relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period