Paraglacial
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Not to be confused with Periglacial.
Paraglacial - means unstable conditions (as defined by Renwick, 1992) caused by a significant relaxation time in processes and geomorphic patterns following glacial climates (Church and Ryder, 1972).
When a large mass of ice melts, other factors such as the ecological communities, sediment deposition patterns and the earth's crust need time to accommodate themselves to the new conditions.
[edit] See also
Ballantyne, C.K. (2002) Paraglacial Geomorphology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 1935-2017.
Benn, D.I. and Evans, D.J.A., Glaciers and Glaciation, (1998) ISBN 0-340-65303-5 or 0-340-58431-9 (paperback), Section 7.6.
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