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glacial period
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interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances
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Within Vinony's link graph, glacial period is referenced by 1,193 other articles, and connects out to Last Glacial Period, Before Present and Gunz glaciation.
It is catalogued under the topic Glaciology.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Part of
- ice age
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- Commons category
- Ice ages
- opposite of
- interglacial period
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate between glacial periods. The Last Glacial Period ended about 15,000 years ago. The Holocene is the current interglacial. A time with no glaciers on Earth is considered a greenhouse climate state.
Quaternary Period
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