EARTH 104 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Asthenosphere, Last Glacial Maximum, Isostasy
7 Dec 2015
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Ice age: a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the. Earth"s surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Glacial periods: individual pulses of cold climate within a long-term ice age. Interglacial periods: intermittent warm periods within a long-term ice age. Cenozoic era: the current and most recent of the three phanerozoic geological eras, following the mesozoic era and covering the period from 66 million years ago to the present. Pleistocene epoch: the geological epoch which lasted from about. 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world"s recent period of repeated glaciations. Wisconsinan glaciation: was the most recent major advance of the. This advance was synchronous with global glaciation during the last glacial period. The wisconsin glaciation extended from approximately 85,000 to 11,000 years ago.
