[DOC] [TLE] Last glacial period - Wikipedia [PAR] For the period of maximum glacier extent during this time, see Last Glacial 
Maximum. Chronology of climatic events of importance for the Last Glacial Period 
(about the last 120,000 years). The last glacial period, popularly known as the Ice 
Age, was the most recent glacial period, ... The glaciations that occurred during 
this glacial period covered many areas,... [DOC] [TLE] ch15 (1).docx - earthjay science [PAR] The Earth Through Time, 10th Edition ... Epochs of the Neogene ... 50% of 
seafloor produced during last 65.5 m.y. ... Pliocene floodplain deposits: reflect 
cooler, drier conditions .... 40 million km3 snow and ice covered 1/3 Earth's 
surface .... Land-level rise around Hudson Bay, the Great Lakes, and Baltic Sea 
during historic... [DOC] [TLE] Early Human Evolution: Climate Change and Human Evoluti [PAR] All later species of Homo evolved during the Pleistocene (2,600,000-11,700 
years ... Changing Climate Patterns of the Pleistocene Epoch ... Extent of major 
glaciers at the height of the last ice age (20,000 b.p.) (27% of the earth's land 
surfaces were covered by ice at that time) ... Copyright  2008-2013 by Dennis O'
Neil. [DOC] [TLE] Quaternary Geology [PAR] The Quaternary is the most recent geological period of time in Earth's history, 
spanning ... During long periods of these climatic cycles, perhaps 8/10th of the 
time, ... The Bering land bridge, existing due to lowering of sea level during the 
last .... sea surface temperatures (SST) in the Arctic Ocean were at least 1-3oC 
higher... [DOC] [TLE] Holocene Epoch | geochronology | Britannica.com [PAR] Holocene Epoch, formerly Recent Epoch, younger of the two epochs that 
constitute ... of geologic time, covering approximately the last 11,700 years of the 
Earth's history. ... both continental and marine, cover the largest area of the globe 
of any epoch in ... of alternating glacial and interglacial ages is the Pleistocene 
Epoch. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 13 INSTRUCTOR GUIDE Pliocene Warmth: Are We ... - Wiley [PAR] The Pliocene Epoch (5.32.6 Ma) represents a time interval immediately ... tain 
belts, and ocean circulation were more like today than any other time in the 
Earth's his- ..... we will use the 1-3 Ma data from Part 13.1 question 3, which has ~
44 cycles .... Mid-Pliocene PRISM3 SST anomaly map: these sea surface 
temperature... [DOC] [TLE] Integrating geological archives and climate models for the mid ... [PAR] Feb 16, 2016 ... The mid-Pliocene Warm Period (mPWP), analogous to future ... Over the last 25 
years, the relationship between models and data ... Using lessons learned from 
earlier efforts to reconstruct the surface of the Ice-Age Earth, PRISM and its ... 
North Pacific and for the first time vegetation or land surface cover,... [DOC] [TLE] Initiation of a continental ice sheet in a global climate model ... [PAR] cover survive through the summer. ... continental ice sheet, as large if not larger 
than the Pleistocene glaciations, existed on a ... (same as present) estimated for 
this time period, summer snow cover ... explain the initiation and maintenance of 
these ice sheets, .... of components for the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface. [DOC] [TLE] Geology of Alaska - Alaska's Heritage | Alaska History and Cultural ... [PAR] This includes Alaska's relationships on the earth's surface to the rest of the world 
and the ... The topography, or shape, of the land is significant to historical study. 
... from parts of at least seven plates that collided and fused over a long period of 
time. ... During the Pleistocene ice age, glaciers covered large areas of Alaska. [DOC] [TLE] ARTICLE - Earth and Environmental Sciences [PAR] About five to four million years ago, in the early Pliocene epoch, Earth had a 
warm, temperate climate. ... the available geochemical proxy records of sea 
surface temperature and ... Earth's climate evolution over the last five million 
years (Myr), since .... ports our main conclusions (Methods and Supplementary 
Figs 13)

Question: The Pleistocene Epoch was the last time about 1/3 of the Earth's land surface was covered by these
Answer: glaciers