العصر الجليدي الحديث

An artist's impression of the last glacial period at glacial maximum. Based on: Crowley, Thomas J. (1995). "Ice age terrestrial carbon changes revisited". Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 9 (3): 377–389. doi:10.1029/95GB01107.

العصر الجليدي الحديث last glacial period، هو أحدث فترات العصر الجليدي، جاء في السنوات الأخيرة من العصر الپلیستوسيني، منذ حوالي 110.000 إلى 10.000 سنة مضت.

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 نظرة عامة

Vegetation types at time of last glacial maximum.

Last glacial period, as seen in ice core data from Antarctica and Greenland

 التسمية المحلية

Map showing the extent of the Patagonian Ice Sheet in the Strait of Magellan area during the last glacial period. Selected modern settlements are shown with yellow dots.

Modelled maximum extent of the Antarctic ice sheet 21,000 years before present

 انظر أيضاً

• Glacial history of Minnesota
• Glacial lake outburst flood
• Glacial period
• العصر الجليدي
• Last Glacial Maximum
• Late Glacial Maximum
• Sea level rise
• Timeline of glaciation
• Valparaiso Moraine

 قراءات إضافية

• Bowen, D.Q. (1978). Quaternary geology: a stratigraphic framework for multidisciplinary work. Oxford UK: Pergamon Press. ISBN 978-0-08-020409-3.
• Ehlers, J.; Gibbard, P.L., eds. (2004). Quaternary Glaciations: Extent and Chronology 2: Part II North America. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-51462-7.
• Ehlers, J.; Gibbard, P.L., eds. (2004). Quaternary Glaciations: Extent and Chronology 3: Part III: South America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-51593-3.
• Gillespie, A.R., Porter, S.C.; Atwater, B.F. (2004). The Quaternary Period in the United States [of America]. Developments in Quaternary Science. Vol. 1. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-51471-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Harris, A.G.; Tuttle, E.; Tuttle, S.D. (1997). Geology of National Parks (5th ed.). Iowa: Kendall/Hunt. ISBN 0-7872-5353-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Kuhle, M. (1988). "The Pleistocene Glaciation of Tibet and the Onset of Ice Ages — An Autocycle HypothesisGeoJournal". GeoJournal. 17 (4): 581–596. doi:10.1007/BF00209444.
• Mangerud, J.; Ehlers, J.; Gibbard, P., ed. (2004). Quaternary Glaciations : Extent and Chronology 1: Part I Europe. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 0-444-51462-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
• Sibrava, V.; Bowen, D.Q; Richmond, G.M. (1986). "Quaternary Glaciations in the Northern Hemisphere". Quaternary Science Reviews. 5: 1–514. doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(86)80002-6.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Pielou, E.C. (1991). After the Ice Age : The Return of Life to Glaciated North America. Chicago IL: University Of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-66812-6.

 وصلات خارجية

• National Atlas of the USA: Wisconsin Glaciation in North America: Present state of knowledge
• Ray, N.; Adams, J.M. (2001). "A GIS-based Vegetation Map of the World at the Last Glacial Maximum (25,000–15,000 BP)" (PDF). Internet Archaeology. 11.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)