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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





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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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