Glacial period, the Glossary
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 and glacier advances.[1]
Table of Contents
28 relations: Alps, André Berger, Before Present, Central Europe, Chile, East China, Europe, Glacier, Great Britain, Greenhouse and icehouse Earth, Himalayas, Holocene, Ice age, Interglacial, Ireland, Last Glacial Maximum, Last Glacial Period, Last Interglacial, North America, North China, Northern Germany, Northern Hemisphere, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Quaternary glaciation, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tian Shan.
Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
André Berger
André Léon Georges Chevalier Berger (born July 30, 1942) is a Belgian climatologist and professor from Acoz.
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Before Present
Before Present (BP) or "years before present (YBP)" is a time scale used mainly in archaeology, geology, and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred relative to the origin of practical radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.
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Central Europe
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
East China
East China is a geographical region that covers the eastern coastal area of China.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Glacier
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. Glacial period and glacier are Glaciology.
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Great Britain
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.
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Greenhouse and icehouse Earth
Throughout Earth's climate history (Paleoclimate) its climate has fluctuated between two primary states: greenhouse and icehouse Earth. Glacial period and greenhouse and icehouse Earth are Glaciology.
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Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya.
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Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.
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Ice age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Glacial period and ice age are Glaciology.
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Interglacial
An interglacial period (or alternatively interglacial, interglaciation) is a geological interval of warmer global average temperature lasting thousands of years that separates consecutive glacial periods within an ice age.
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Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.
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Last Glacial Maximum
The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Last Glacial Coldest Period, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period where ice sheets were at their greatest extent 26,000 and 20,000 years ago. Glacial period and Last Glacial Maximum are Glaciology.
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Last Glacial Period
The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene. Glacial period and Last Glacial Period are Glaciology.
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Last Interglacial
The Last Interglacial, also known as the Eemian (primarily used in a European context) among other names (including the Sangamonian, Ipswichian, Mikulino, Kaydaky, Valdivia, and Riss-Würm), was the interglacial period which began about 130,000 years ago at the end of the Penultimate Glacial Period and ended about 115,000 years ago at the beginning of the Last Glacial Period.
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North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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North China
North China is a geographical region of China, consisting of two direct-administered municipalities (Beijing and Tianjin), two provinces (Hebei and Shanxi), and one autonomous region (Inner Mongolia).
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Northern Germany
Northern Germany (Norddeutschland) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern part of Germany which includes the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony and the two city-states Hamburg and Bremen.
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Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.
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Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
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Quaternary
The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
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Quaternary glaciation
The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary period that began 2.58 Ma (million years ago) and is ongoing.
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Shaanxi
Shaanxi is an inland province in Northwestern China.
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Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south.
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Tian Shan
The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the "Mountains of God/Heaven", is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_period
Also known as Glacial age, Glacial event, Glacial interval, Glacial periods, Glacials, Glaciation, Glaciations.