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gptkbp:instanceOf
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geological formation
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gptkbp:affectedArea
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gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:North_America
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Pleistocene_glaciation
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gptkbp:beganIn
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about 2.58 million years ago
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gptkbp:causedBy
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gptkb:Milankovitch_cycles
climate change
variations in Earth's orbit
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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expansion of continental ice sheets
repeated glacial cycles
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gptkbp:continuedBy
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present day
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Quaternary glaciation
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gptkbp:includes
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gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkb:Younger_Dryas
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation
gptkb:Eemian_interglacial
gptkb:Würm_glaciation
gptkb:Anglian_glaciation
gptkb:Cromerian_interglacial
gptkb:Devensian_glaciation
gptkb:Elster_glaciation
gptkb:Günz_glaciation
gptkb:Holocene_interglacial
gptkb:Illinoian_glaciation
gptkb:Mindel_glaciation
gptkb:Riss_glaciation
gptkb:Saale_glaciation
gptkb:Valdai_glaciation
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Quaternary_period
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Neogene_period
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Holocene_epoch
gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
Ice Age
glacial maximum
interglacial period
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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extinction of megafauna
sea level changes
development of human societies
formation of glacial landforms
migration of species
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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geology
glaciology
paleoclimatology
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Last_Ice_Age
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation
gptkb:Antarctic_glaciation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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