stillstand

Noun

 * 1)  A period of time during which the terminus of a glacier remains stationary.
 * 2)  A period of geologic time during which eustatic sea level stays apparently constant, relative to adjacent periods of geologic time, neither characterized by transgression, nor regression.
 * 3)  A standstill.
 * 1)  A period of geologic time during which eustatic sea level stays apparently constant, relative to adjacent periods of geologic time, neither characterized by transgression, nor regression.
 * 2)  A standstill.
 * 1)  A standstill.
 * 1)  A standstill.
 * 1)  A standstill.

Verb

 * 1)  To cease in either glacial advance or retreat.