Ireland before 3000 b.c.
Abstract During the succeeding era, the quaternary, which opened about two million years ago, Ireland, in common with the rest of Europe, experienced a great ice age. This was not a single extended period of severe glaciation, but rather consisted of alternating phases of extreme temperature change....
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Oxford University PressOxford
2005
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198217374.003.0003 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/53087675/isbn-9780198217374-book-part-3.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract During the succeeding era, the quaternary, which opened about two million years ago, Ireland, in common with the rest of Europe, experienced a great ice age. This was not a single extended period of severe glaciation, but rather consisted of alternating phases of extreme temperature change. Each major advance of the ice sheet was succeeded by a period of higher temperature when the ice melted and disappeared. These warm interglacial periods varied greatly in duration, as did the so-called interstadial periods when the ice was either stationary or in minor recession. |
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