間かん氷ぴょう期き

noun

interglacial period; interglacial

Geological term for a warm period between glacial periods within an ice age.

• 現げん在ざいは約やく1いち万まん年ねん前まえから続つづく間かん氷ぴょう期きにあたる。

  The present is an interglacial period that began about 10,000 years ago.