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The penultimate glacial period is officially unnamed just like the Last Glacial Period. The PGP lasted from ~194,000 years ago, to ~135,000 years ago, and was succeeded by the Last Interglacial. [1] The PGP also occurred during Marine Isotope Stage 6 (MIS6). [2] At the glacial ages' height, it is known to be the most extensive expansion of ...
Within ice ages, there exist periods of more severe glacial conditions and more temperate conditions, referred to as glacial periods and interglacial periods, respectively. The Earth is currently in such an interglacial period of the Quaternary glaciation, with the Last Glacial Period of the Quaternary having ended approximately 11,700 years ago.
The colder last part from around 194,000 years ago is called the Penultimate Glacial Period. It is equivalent to Marine isotope stages (MIS) 10 through 6. MIS 10, 8 and 6 were glacial periods and 9 and 7 were interglacials. It is named after Wolston in the English county of Warwickshire.
Last Glacial Period, not to be confused with the Last Glacial Maximum or Late Glacial Maximum below. (The following events also fall into this period.) 48,000–28,000: Mousterian Pluvial wet in North Africa 26,500–19,000: Last Glacial Maximum, what is often meant in popular usage by "Last Ice Age" 16,000–13,000
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. [1]
The Illinoian Stage is the name used by Quaternary geologists in North America to designate the Penultimate Glacial Period c.191,000 to c.130,000 years ago, during the late Middle Pleistocene (Chibanian), when sediments comprising the Illinoian Glacial Lobe were deposited.
MIS 5d – 109 (peak of glacial sub-stage) MIS 5e – 123 (peak of Last Interglacial, also known as the Eemian among other names) MIS 6 – 191 (Penultimate Glacial Period, also called Illinoian glacial in North America, later Saalian in northern Europe and later Wolstonian in Britain) MIS 7 – 243 (Aveley Interglacial in Britain)
Last Glacial Period – Period of major glaciations of the Northern Hemisphere (115,000–12,000 years ago) Retreat of glaciers since 1850 – Recent shrinking of glaciers due to global warming; Timeline of glaciation – Chronology of the major ice ages of the Earth