Why Do Ice Ages Occur? - Part 2
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This document provides an explanation of the factors that are thought to drive the growth and retreat of continental glaciers which spread across the Earth during four periods of geologic history. These factors are thought ot be related to variations in Earth's orbit.
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Grade: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to Graduate
Topics: Science, Physics, Our Solar System, Chemistry, Evolution and Adaptation, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Geology & the Dynamic Earth
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