"Glacial advance" refers to the movement of a glacier when it grows and extends further down a slope or valley over time.
Sentences with «glacial advance»
Not only did it contain nothing resembling those figures; throughout that year there was no paper published in this journal about glacial advance or retreat..... (realclimate.org)
The glacial retreat induced by this or any other process can be amplified by similar inverse positive feedbacks as for glacial advances. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
However, until now, it was thought that the glaciers were only affected by events in the northern hemisphere, based on the dating of past glacial advances. (sciencedaily.com)