Definition of "postglacial" []

• Relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period. (adjective)

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• "As the ice mass decreases, the bedrock below the ice rises, which is known as postglacial rebound."
• "The massive sheer granite walls present a freshly glaciated appearance with little postglacial erosion."
• "Molecular phylogeography of '' Dryas integrifolia '': glacial refugia and postglacial recolonization."