Pleistocene glaciation

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Quaternary glaciation glaciation event

Pleistocene glaciation refers to the series of extensive ice ages during the Pleistocene Epoch, when large ice sheets repeatedly advanced and retreated over vast areas of the Northern Hemisphere, dramatically reshaping landscapes and climates.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
North American glaciation	1
Pleistocene glaciation canonical	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Quaternary glaciation ⓘ glaciation event ⓘ
affected	distribution of fauna ⓘ distribution of flora ⓘ evolution and dispersal of Homo sapiens ⓘ migration routes of early humans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pleistocene glacial cycles ⓘ Pleistocene ice ages ⓘ
caused	exposure of continental shelves ⓘ formation of land bridges ⓘ lowering of global sea level ⓘ
characterizedBy	expansion of mountain glaciers ⓘ growth of polar ice caps ⓘ large climatic oscillations ⓘ repeated advance and retreat of continental ice sheets ⓘ
created	drumlins ⓘ eskers ⓘ fjords ⓘ kettle lakes ⓘ moraines ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ
drivenBy	Milankovitch cycles NERFINISHED ⓘ changes in Earth’s orbital eccentricity ⓘ changes in axial tilt ⓘ precession of the equinoxes ⓘ
evidencedBy	glacial deposits ⓘ ice cores ⓘ loess sequences ⓘ marine oxygen isotope records ⓘ
followedBy	Holocene Epoch NERFINISHED ⓘ Holocene climate optimum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEndTime	about 11,700 years ago ⓘ
hasPart	glacial periods ⓘ interglacial periods ⓘ interstadials ⓘ stadials ⓘ
hasStartTime	about 2.58 million years ago ⓘ
includes	Last Glacial Maximum NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Glacial Period NERFINISHED ⓘ Marine Isotope Stage 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ Marine Isotope Stage 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Marine Isotope Stage 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ exposure of Bering Land Bridge ⓘ exposure of Doggerland ⓘ exposure of Sunda Shelf land bridge ⓘ
influencedBy	atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations ⓘ ice–albedo feedbacks ⓘ ocean circulation changes ⓘ
occursIn	Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Pleistocene Epoch NERFINISHED ⓘ Quaternary Period NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Pliocene climate ⓘ
shaped	Eurasian landscape ⓘ European landscape ⓘ North American landscape ⓘ Patagonian landscape ⓘ
studiedBy	Quaternary geology NERFINISHED ⓘ glaciology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Missoula basin → formedBy → Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ

Norris Glacier → partOf → Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American glaciation