glaciation

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These sediments formed during the Sturtian glaciation, the most intense Snowball Earth episode, which lasted about 57 million years.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

It started with a period of glaciation that must have been a chilly change from the greenhouse-like Oligocene, and ended with a prolonged period of glaciation, too.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

Earth’s glaciation, they say, may have come from a global drop in carbon dioxide emissions, a result of fewer volcanoes expelling the gas into the atmosphere.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Massive ice sheets covered wide swathes of the continent - reaching as far south as Illinois - amid extensive glaciation.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2023

In a similar manner Professor Chamberlin and other American geologists have recognized the following stages in the glaciation of North America: The Champlain, marine substage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various