The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago ... Since the outset of the Quaternary, whales and sharks have ruled the seas, topping a food chain with otters, seals, dugongs, fish, squid ...

DNA and radiocarbon dating analyses of the bones are offering new insights into the ambitious Ice Age site constructed by ...

Lake Minnetonka’s infancy was at the peak of the Quaternary glaciation, 25,000 years ago. That is when huge blocks of ice were left here and eventually were covered with sediment deposits.

Hundreds of large mammal species disappeared during the transition from the last glaciation to the present interglacial ... dates for each mammal species to help us reconstruct their Late Quaternary ...

The Quaternary period, which spans the last 2.6 million years, is characterized by significant climatic changes and the development of various environments shaped by glacial and interglacial cycles.

Unfortunately, the reconstruction of the conditions responsible for these features has been hindered both by a limited understanding of cryogenic processes and structures, and by the fragmentary ...

Ward is a classical, field based Quaternary geologist whose research interests include ... of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet and associated paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Glacial history of the Ruby ...

Tertiary and quaternary industries tend to be more important ... Footage shows examples of hard and soft engineering techniques. Glaciation. videoGlaciation A short film for secondary schools ...