Sub-Atlantic

Sub-At lan tic ▶adjective Geology of, relating to, or denoting the fifth climatic stage of the postglacial period in northern Europe, following the Sub-Boreal stage (from about 2,800 years ago to the present day ). The climate has been cooler and wetter than in the earlier postglacial periods. • (as noun the Sub-Atlantic ) the Sub-Atlantic climatic stage.

Sub-Atlantic

Sub-Atlantic ▶adjective Geology relating to or denoting the fifth climatic stage of the postglacial period in northern Europe, following the Sub-Boreal stage (from about 2,800 years ago to the present day ). The climate has been cooler and wetter than in the earlier postglacial periods. • (as noun the Sub-Atlantic ) the Sub-Atlantic climatic stage.