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Pleistocene Epoch

By: Jarmila Pittermann
In: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change
Edited by: S. George Philander
Subject:Climatography, Environmental Sociology, International Environment

The increasing frequency and intensity of glacial-interglacial cycles toward the end of the Pliocene (1.806–5.332 million years ago) set the stage for the Pleistocene epoch (11,800 years ago–1.806 million years ago), which is the final phase of the Quaternary period. Some ...

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  Pittermann, J. (2012). Pleistocene epoch. In S. Philander (Ed.), Encyclopedia of global warming & climate change (Vol. 1, pp. 1109-1110). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218564.n558
  
  Pittermann, Jarmila. "Pleistocene Epoch." In Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change, 2nd ed.edited by Philander, S. George, 1109-10. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218564.n558.
  
  Pittermann, J. 2012. Pleistocene Epoch. In: S. George Philander Editor, 2012. Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change, 2nd edn, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1109-1110 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218564.n558> [Accessed 27 Feb 2021].
  
  Pittermann, Jarmila. "Pleistocene Epoch." Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change. Edited by S. George Philander.2nd ed Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. 1109-10. SAGE Knowledge. 27 Feb 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218564.n558.
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