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    interglacial periods known as the Quaternary glaciation which started around 2,588,000 years ago and is ongoing. The glaciation and the current Quaternary Period...
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  • Glacial period (redirect from Glaciation)
    A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures...
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    The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary...
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    The Würm glaciation or Würm stage (German: Würm-Kaltzeit or Würm-Glazial, colloquially often also Würmeiszeit or Würmzeit; cf. ice age), usually referred...
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    Age began 34 million years ago, its latest phase being the Quaternary glaciation, in progress since 2.58 million years ago. Within ice ages, there exist...
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  • The Sturtian glaciation was a worldwide glaciation during the Cryogenian Period when the Earth experienced repeated large-scale glaciations. As of January 2023[update]...
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    included at least two large glacial periods, the Sturtian and Marinoan glaciations. Proponents of the hypothesis argue that it best explains sedimentary...
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  • The Huronian glaciation (or Makganyene glaciation) was a period where at least three ice ages occurred during the deposition of the Huronian Supergroup...
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    The Wisconsin glaciation, also called the Wisconsin glacial episode, was the most recent glacial period of the North American ice sheet complex, peaking...
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  • The Baykonurian glaciation is a glacial episode dating to around the Proterozoic–Phanerozoic boundary, at the end of the Ediacaran Period. The date of...
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