WebThe Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known colloquially as the last ice age or simply ice age, occurred from the end of the Eemian to the end of the Younger Dryas, encompassing the period c. 115,000 – c. 11,700 years ago. The LGP is part of a larger sequence of glacial and interglacial periods known as the Quaternary glaciation which started around …

WebThe Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Late Glacial Maximum, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period that ice sheets were at their greatest extent. Ice sheets covered much of Northern North America, Northern Europe, and Asia and profoundly affected Earth's climate by causing drought, desertification, and a large drop in …

WebThe Wisconsin Glacial Episode, also called the Wisconsin glaciation, was the most recent glacial period of the North American ice sheet complex. This advance included the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, which nucleated in the northern North American Cordillera; the Innuitian ice sheet, which extended across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago; the …

WebDie letzte Kaltzeit, auch das letzte Glazial (oder, etwas mehrdeutig, die letzte Eiszeit) genannt, folgte im Jungpleistozän im Anschluss an die letzte Warmzeit vor der heutigen. Sie setzte vor etwa 115.000 Jahren ein und endete mit dem Beginn des Holozäns vor etwa 11.700 Jahren. In der letzten Kaltzeit kam es, wie auch schon in den Kaltzeiten davor, zu …

WebSussex County is the northernmost county in the State of New Jersey.Its county seat is Newton. It is part of the New York metropolitan area and is part of New Jersey's Skylands Region.. In 2015, the county had a per capita personal income of $55,497, the ninth-highest in New Jersey and ranked 220th of 3,113 counties in the United States. As of 2010 The …

WebThe Wolstonian Stage is a middle Pleistocene stage of the geological history of Earth from approximately 374,000 until 130,000 years ago. It precedes the Eemian Stage in Europe and follows the Hoxnian Stage in the British Isles.. It is also approximately analogous to the Warthe and Saalian stages in northern Europe; the Riss glaciation in the Alps; and the …

WebA complex moraine system made up of the Itasca and St. Croix moraines (Fig. 2) marks the extent of the Rainy, Itasca, and Superior lobes together during the late Wisconsinan glaciation. In addition, two separate drumlin fields, the Toimi drumlins in northeast Minnesota and the Pierz drumlins (Fig. 2) south of the Mille Lacs moraine, record the ...

WebIn Canada, Indigenous groups comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Although Indian is a term still commonly used in legal documents, the descriptors Indian and Eskimo have fallen into disuse in Canada, and most consider them to be pejorative. Aboriginal peoples as a collective noun is a specific term of art used in some legal documents, including the …

WebThe Tahoe, Tenaya, and Tioga stages were part of the Wisconsinan glaciation. The Tahoe glacial stage is thought to have reached its maximum extent around 70,000 to 130,000 years ago; little is known about the more recent Tenaya. Evidence also suggests that the most recent local glacial stage, ...

WebThe Laurentide Ice Sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the Northern United States, multiple times during the Quaternary glacial epochs, from 2.58 million years ago to the present.. The last advance covered most of northern North America between c. 95,000 and c. 20,000 years …