Definition for Sub-Atlantic - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	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.		More words in this category badlands cirque corrie dome downwelling earthquake frost line headward kame Mindel Ordovician palynology Phanerozoic Precambrian rendzina scarp serac soil 1 stylolite subsoil Nearby Words sub sub judice sub lieutenant sub rosa sub specie aeternitatis sub- sub-aqua sub-aquatic sub-assembly Sub-Atlantic sub-basement Sub-Boreal sub-branch sub-breed sub-lessee sub-lessor Sub-Lt. sub-machine gun sub-post office