-
sequence of
glacial and
interglacial periods known as the
Quaternary glaciation which started around 2,588,000
years ago and is ongoing. The definition...
- 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...
- The
Quaternary glaciation, also
known as the
Pleistocene glaciation, is an
alternating series of
glacial and
interglacial periods during the Quaternary...
- The Würm
glaciation or Würm
stage (German: Würm-Kaltzeit or Würm-Glazial,
colloquially often also Würmeiszeit or Würmzeit; cf. ice age),
usually referred...
- The
Baykonurian glaciation is a
glacial episode dating to
around the Proterozoic–Phanerozoic boundary, at the end of the
Ediacaran Period. The date of...
- 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...
- the atmosphere. The most
academically referred period of such
global glaciation is
believed to have
occurred sometime before 650 mya
during the Cryogenian...
-
called Quaternary glaciation.
Individual pulses of cold
climate within an ice age are
termed glacial periods (glacials,
glaciations,
glacial stages, stadials...
- The
Sturtian glaciation was a
worldwide glaciation during the
Cryogenian Period when the
Earth experienced repeated large-scale
glaciations. As of January 2023[update]...
- The
Pongola glaciation is a
glacial episode that
occurred in the Mesoarchean, 2.9 Ga ago for
about 150 Ma. It is the
oldest known glaciation on the planet...
