glaciation
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That period coincides with major changes in Antarctica's climate system, including the beginning of widespread glaciation.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 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
Their results showed a drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide sufficient to initiate and sustain a 56-million-year glaciation.
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
The streams outside the area of glaciation were less seriously disturbed.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Wallace W. Atwood
