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... Pleistocene Epoch Pleistocene ( 2,500,000 to 10,000 years ago ) has been determined glaciation principally from the geographic distribution of glacial landforms and deposits of glacial origin . Glacial land- forms produced by past ...
... Pleistocene Epoch Pleistocene ( 2,500,000 to 10,000 years ago ) has been determined glaciation principally from the geographic distribution of glacial landforms and deposits of glacial origin . Glacial land- forms produced by past ...
Page 171
... Pleistocene glaciation would have resulted in an etching of the landscape into a pattern controlled by the linear zones of more easily weathered and eroded materials . These preglacial valleys would then have been the natural troughs ...
... Pleistocene glaciation would have resulted in an etching of the landscape into a pattern controlled by the linear zones of more easily weathered and eroded materials . These preglacial valleys would then have been the natural troughs ...
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... Pleistocene . COASTAL FEATURES AND SEA - LEVEL CHANGE During the Pleistocene Epoch , sea level fell during the buildup of the continental ice sheets , and rose during their retreat . The maximum lowering during the Pleisto- cene was ...
... Pleistocene . COASTAL FEATURES AND SEA - LEVEL CHANGE During the Pleistocene Epoch , sea level fell during the buildup of the continental ice sheets , and rose during their retreat . The maximum lowering during the Pleisto- cene was ...
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