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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Last Glacial Period (redirect from Lower Würm)
changes in the European environment during the Würm glaciation. During the height of Würm glaciation, c. 24,000 – c. 10,000 BP, most of western and central...
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Weichselian glaciation is the regional name for the Last Glacial Period in the northern parts of Europe. In the Alpine region it corresponds to the Würm glaciation...
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start of the Eem interglacial (Riss-Würm interglacial). It is thus roughly contemporaneous with the Saale glaciation of the North German glacial sequence...
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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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Last Interglacial (redirect from Riss-Würm interglacial)
the Kaydaky in Ukraine, the Valdivia interglacial in Chile, and the Riss-Würm interglacial in the Alps. Depending on how a specific publication defines...
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Gunz (geology) (redirect from Günz glaciation)
and Wurm glacials. These have not been easy to identify in the geological record of the Alps, but MIS 16 has been identified with the Don Glaciation of...
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11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union...
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Ice age (section Effects of glaciation)
the names Riss (180,000–130,000 years bp) and Würm (70,000–10,000 years bp) refer specifically to glaciation in the Alpine region. The maximum extent of...
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Illmensee (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
the Würm glaciation in the Upper Swabian hill country [de]. The municipality's three lakes, the Illmensee itself, Ruschweiler [de], and the Volzer [de] lakes...
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Lac du Bourget (redirect from Lac de Bourget)
The lake was formed during the last period of global glaciation in the Alps (Würm glaciation) during the Pleistocene epoch. It has a surface area of...
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glaciation of North America during the last glacial period Würm glaciation, the glaciation of the Alps during the last glacial period Younger Dryas, a...
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Micoquien (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
industry, that is found in the Eemian and in an early episode of the Würm glaciation (about 130,000 to 60,000 BCE). The Micoquien is distinguished technologically...
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Simssee (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
of Lake Rosenheim, which stretched over the area at the end of the Würm glaciation. The lake is a popular recreational spot for local visitors. The lake...
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Eibsee (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
was formed when the Isar Loisach glacier withdrew at the end of the Würm glaciation and left a depression that filled with water. Between 1700 BCE and...
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000: Beginning of Riss glaciation. 130,000: Beginning of Riss-Würm interglacial. 70,000: Beginning of Würm glaciation. 62,000: Würm I/II interglacial. 57...
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(PGP) 126 ka when the Riß glaciation (Alpine) was being succeeded by the Eemian (Riß-Würm) interglacial period. The Riß-Würm ended 115 ka with the onset...
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Swiss Plateau (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
glaciers. During all the known alpine glaciations (Günz glaciation, Mindel glaciation, Riss glaciation and Würm glaciation), huge glaciers penetrated the Swiss...
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the two last major glaciations, the Riss glaciation and the Würm glaciation, a glacier was present in the upper part of the Riou de la Montagne Valley...
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Egelsee (Bubikon) (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 4.3 ha (11 acres). During the Würm glaciation around 12,000 years ago, the Rhine/Linth Glacier shaped the landscape...
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The oldest layers date back to the end of the Riss glaciation and the youngest to the Würm glaciation. The oldest Neanderthal remains were found in layer...
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Bussang Pass (redirect from Col de Bussang)
glacial origin where Urbès lies, a trace of the last glaciations in the Vosges, particularly the Würm. The former glacial lake has been partially transformed...
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Vagen, Germany (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Inn-Chiemsee glacier of the Würm glaciation. The area is scattered with longitudinal moraines called drumlins. Vagen, citypopulation.de Vagen (Approved) at GEOnet...
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was formed in the Würm glaciation. The small mountain is one of the remains of one of the lateral moraines of the glacier of river Würm. The place is named...
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interstadial (a warmer period during a glaciation) dated 15,000 BC – penultimate interstadial of the Würm glaciation – was identified in Vigo Park and bears...
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Weßlinger See (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
Weßling. Lake Weßling is a remnant of a kettle hole created during the Würm glaciation. It has no natural tributary, and due to the use of fertilizers in...
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than other Ice Age megafauna, muskox abundance peaked during the Würm II glaciation 20,000 years ago and declined afterwards, especially during the Pleistocene/Holocene...
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Last Glacial Period found in North America (Wisconsin glaciation) and Europe (Würm glaciation) and no fossils from before the Holocene found in Russia...
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using the scientific name Felis spelaea. It probably dates to the Würm glaciation, and is 191,000 to 57,000 years old. Since then, older lion skull fragments...
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chub and northern pike. The lake is located amongst moraines from the Würm glaciation which seal the bottom of the lake and did create the depression for...
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