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Record 1 1997-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
CONT

The last glacial period (70,000 - 10,000 years ago) was associated with tundra in Central Europe and with a drastic shrinkage of the tropical rainforest, which quickly expanded with post-glacial warming.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
CONT

Il apparaît que la région du Groenland était plus froide de 6 à 9 °C que maintenant au cours du dernier âge glaciaire.

CONT

würm. Quatrième et dernière glaciation du Quaternaire dans les régions alpines entre -80000 et -10000 av. J.-C.

OBS

La dernière glaciation n'est qualifiée de würmienne que dans les régions alpines. En Amérique du Nord, l'équivalent est la glaciation du Wisconsin.

Spanish

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