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... Pleistocene Ep- Sea - level och ( q.v. ) sea level was lowered considerably during each fluctuation major advance of ... Pleistocene low sea level Pleistocene shelf surface nearshore sands modern offshore muds Figure 3 : Idealized model ...
... Pleistocene Ep- Sea - level och ( q.v. ) sea level was lowered considerably during each fluctuation major advance of ... Pleistocene low sea level Pleistocene shelf surface nearshore sands modern offshore muds Figure 3 : Idealized model ...
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... Pleistocene Epoch lasted about 1,000,000 years ( the presently accepted duration of the Pleistocene is from 2,500,000 to 10,000 years ago , approximately ) . Only one weathering chronometer is employed widely at the present time . Its ...
... Pleistocene Epoch lasted about 1,000,000 years ( the presently accepted duration of the Pleistocene is from 2,500,000 to 10,000 years ago , approximately ) . Only one weathering chronometer is employed widely at the present time . Its ...
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... ( Pleistocene Epoch ) , was evidently interrupted three or more times by submergence and subsequent elevation of the land bridge . One of the species of mammals taking advantage of the land bridge across the Bering Sea , it is thought ...
... ( Pleistocene Epoch ) , was evidently interrupted three or more times by submergence and subsequent elevation of the land bridge . One of the species of mammals taking advantage of the land bridge across the Bering Sea , it is thought ...
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