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noun
usually as modifier1Geology
A Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps preceding the Riss, possibly corresponding to the Elsterian of northern Europe.- 1.1The system of deposits laid down at the time of the Mindel glaciation.
- ‘The Mindel is a major division of Pleistocene time and deposits in the Alpine region of Europe.’
- 1.1The system of deposits laid down at the time of the Mindel glaciation.
Origin
Early 20th century from the name of a river in southern Germany.
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