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A definition or brief description of Glacials.

Term used in glaciology for the periods of time in which the northern and southern hemispheres were extensively covered by ice sheets.

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	Term used in [[glaciology]] for periods of time in which the northern and southern hemispheres ~~were~~ were extensively covered by ice sheets. Glacial stages are also known as ice ages. They occurred during the [[Pleistocene Epoch]] (2.58 Ma to 10 ka), ranging from the Biber/Tegelen and Pre-Illinoian Glacials during the Gelasian Stage to the Würm/Wisconsin Glacial (often called the "Last Ice Age"), the end of which marks the beginning of the [[Holocene Epoch]].		Term used in [[glaciology]] for the periods of time in which the northern and southern hemispheres were extensively covered by ice sheets.