Quaternary glaciation
Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation or the current ice age, refers to a series of glacial events separated by interglacial events during the Quaternary period from 2.58 Ma (million years ago) to present. During this period, ice sheets were established in Antarctica and perhaps Greenland, and fluctuating ice sheets occurred elsewhere (for example, the Laurentide ice sheet). The major effects of the ice age are erosion and deposition of material over large parts of the continents, modification of river systems, creation of millions of lakes, changes in sea level, development of pluvial lakes far from the ice margins, isostatic adjustment of the crust, and abnormal winds. It affects oceans, flooding, and biological communities. The ice sheets themselves, by raising the albedo, effect a major feedback on climate cooling.
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Books/Sources
- Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part II: North America - J. Ehlers
- Quaternary Glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere - V. Sibrava
Youtube
- The Future Of The Earth in 100 Million Years HD Full Documentary
- ICE AGE on Earth! Glaciation, Sea Level Rise, Lost Civilizations, Sundaland, the Flood