The Ice Ages
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Ice Age conditions in Europe
A: The position of the polar timberline in present-day Europe
B: The position of the timberline at the most severe stage of the Würm Ice Age.
C: The limits of glacial debris deposited during the Würm Ice Age.
D: The limits of glacial debris deposited during the Riss and Mindel Ice Age.
Photo: Secrets of the Ice Age by Evan Hadingham, 1980
Sea-level changes during the Pleistocene.
The dotted line shows where the level would be if the modern ice caps were melted.
Photo: Secrets of the Ice Age by Evan Hadingham, 1980
Note: I cannot work out where the extra water would come from for levels above that at which all the ice caps are melted.
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