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 | The extensive and complex Saale deposits are correlated with the Wolstonian (or Gipping) glacial stage of Britain and the Riss glacial stage of the European Alpine region. |
| The Drente and Warthe represent periods of glacial advance, or maxima, whereas the Treene represents an interstadial period of glacial retreat between the early Drente and the late Warthe. |
| At certain times during this glaciation, enough water was locked up in the form of ice sheets to cause a drop in sea level and the creation of a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska. |
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Wolstonian glaciation - definition of Wolstonian glaciation in Encyclopedia (161 words) |
| The Wolstonian glaciation is a name for an ice age period which occurred between 200,000 and 125,000 years ago. |
| It is a Pleistocene stage of the Quaternary period and is analogous to the Illonoian glaciation in North America, the Warthe and Saalian glaciations in northern Europe and the Riss glaciation in the Alps. |
| It was the penultimate glacial phase of the Pleistocene and its deposits have been found overlying material from the preceding Hoxnian interglacial and lying beneath those from the following Ipswichian interglacial. |
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