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glacial maximum

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glacial maximum [¦glā·shəl ′mak·sə·məm]
(geology)
The time or position of the greatest extent of any glaciation; most frequently applied to the greatest equatorward advance of Pleistocene glaciation.
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The researchers conclude that ice was grounded in the fjord during the Last Glacial Maximum - the height of the last ice age - and eroded older sediments from the fjord.
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The mammoths came back when the glacial maximum eased and then survived until the end of the Ice Age, when encroaching forests gradually destroyed their food supply, Lister told AFP by phone.
Doomed mammoths hung on for millennia: study by AFP / AFP European Edition
The mammoths came back when the glacial maximum eased and then survived until the end of the Ice Age, when encroaching forests gradually destroyed their food supply, Lister told AFP by phone.
Doomed mammoths hung on for millennia: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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