[DOC] [TLE] Last glacial period - Wikipedia [PAR] The last glacial period, popularly known as the Ice Age, was the most recent 
glacial period, ... The last glaciation centered on the huge ice sheets of North 
America and ... In Britain, mainland Europe, and northwestern Asia, the 
Scandinavian ice ... Other areas of the Northern Hemisphere did not bear 
extensive ice sheets, but... [DOC] [TLE] Quaternary glaciation - Wikipedia [PAR] The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation or the 
current ice age, is a series of glacial events separated by interglacial events 
during the Quaternary period from 2.58 Ma (million years ago) to present. During 
this period, ice sheets expanded, notably from out of Antarctica and .... The ice on 
both North America and Europe was about 3,000 m (9,800 ft)... [DOC] [TLE] Pleistocene - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pleistocene is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 
11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated 
glaciations. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last 
glacial period and also with ... All of these stages were defined in southern 
Europe. In addition to... [DOC] [TLE] Pleistocene Epoch | geochronology | Britannica.com [PAR] It is coincident with the bottom of a marly layer resting atop a sapropel called 
MPRS 250 ... The Pleistocene Epoch is best known as a time during which 
extensive ice ... a figure coincident with the onset of glaciation in Europe and 
North America. ... The Ionian, also known as the middle Pleistocene, extends to 
the end of the... [DOC] [TLE] 10(ad) Introduction to Glaciation - Physical Geography [PAR] The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years B.P. and is ... In North 
America, the Pleistocene glaciers began their formation in the higher ... A similar 
pattern of glaciation has also been scientifically documented in Europe and Asia. 
... Currently, the most extensive continental glaciers are found in Antarctica and... [DOC] [TLE] Pleistocene Epoch: Facts About the Last Ice Age - Live Science [PAR] Oct 9, 2013 ... The Pleistocene Epoch began about 1.8 million years ago and lasted until about 
11700 years ago. The most recent Ice Age occurred then, as glaciers covered 
huge ... It was followed by the current stage, called the Holocene Epoch. ... large 
parts of Europe, North America, and South America, and small... [DOC] [TLE] Glaciers and Glaciation - Tulane University [PAR] Nov 19, 2015 ... These are called fjord glaciers, and the narrow valleys they carve ... that occurs in 
polar glaciers, but it also occurs in temperate glaciers. ... Glaciations have 
occurred so recently in N. America and Europe, .... During the Pleistocene Epoch, 
large lakes formed both as result of ice dams and melting of glaciers. [DOC] [TLE] Basics--Glaciers - Commons - Wenatchee Valley College [PAR] The Pleistocene Epoch; The Holocene Epoch - recent climate change to present 
day ... There is a specific area on a glacier that is called the zone of accumulation
. ... The other category is continental glaciers, also known as ice sheets. ... Many 
alpine glaciers exist in mountains in North America, Europe and Asia, farther... [DOC] [TLE] Ice age - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] During the late Pliocene the spread of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere 
began. ... typical interglacial period lasts about 12,000 years," but this has been 
called ... coupled with extensive deforestation in Europe began to alter world 
climate by ... It has also been suggested that during an extensive ice age glaciers 
may... [DOC] [TLE] Glaciers and Climate - Teacher Friendly Guide to Geology [PAR] Glaciers are sometimes called the canary in the coal mine when it comes to 
climate ... to the last glacial maximum during which much of North America and 
Europe ... the beginning of the Quaternary period to 2.6 million years ago, shifting 
it 0.8 ... Traces of the earlier and less extensive Pleistocene glacial advances that
... [DOC] [TLE] Historical Geology: Pleistocene Glaciation [PAR] The Pleistocene Epoch was characterized by multiple glaciation events. ... 
glaciers and proposed that Alpine glaciers must have been more extensive in the 
past. 3. ... He later also found evidence of

Question: The Pleistocene epoch of extensive glaciation in Europe & America is also called this
Answer: The Ice Age