Definition of Wolstonian in English:




    • ‘It is uncertain whether the ice during the Wolstonian stage affected the region.’
    • ‘The Wolstonian loess is mineralogically different from the Devensian, but it has been more strongly weathered and its origin is uncertain.’
    • ‘The drift sequences in Northamptonshire are usually attributed to the Wolstonian glacial cycle, as the county lay some distance south of the maximum advance of the Devensian ice sheets.’
    • ‘This trough subsequently formed a lake basin which filled with sediment during the entire interglacial and part of the ensuing Wolstonian glacial stage.’
    1. 1.1The Wolstonian glaciation or the system of deposits laid down during it.

