Description
A glacial climate marks the height of a glaciation and is characterised by the pressure of an ice mass on the landscape, e.g. ice sheet, valley glacier. Significant erosion may be associated with glacial action (abrasion, over deepening of valleys) and glacial meltwaters. Assuming the climate continues to cycle between glacial and interglacial periods, the next glacial climate is expected to begin in about 50 000 years from now.
OPA Category
Category as used in the OPA assessment
Climatic processes and events
OPA Number
Number as used in the OPA assessment
1.03
NEA V1 IFEP Reference(s)
Related IFEPs from the NEA V1 IFEP list from 1999
1.3.02, 1.3.05, 1.2.07