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Last Glacial Maximum — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Last Glacial Maximum

Scope: climate

Papers: 4 | Mentions: 8

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Knowledge graph centered on Last Glacial Maximum with 70 nodes and 127 connections. Top connected: Spruce, Atriplex canescens, evapotranspiration, Gothic, biogeochemical reactions.

Definition

The most recent time during the last glacial period when ice sheets were at their greatest extent

Related Terms (6)

LGMNeoglacial coolingPleistoceneWisconsinDurangoCerro

Publications (7)

Latest Pleistocene glacial chronology and paleoclimate reconstruction for the East River watershed, Colorado, USA

2024Quaternary Researchframework

Latest Pleistocene glacial chronology and paleoclimate reconstruction for the East River watershed, Colorado, USA

2024Quaternary Researchprimary focus

Late Quaternary Paleoecology of Two High-Elevation Mammal Species from the Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

Late Quaternary Paleoecology of Two High-Elevation Mammal Species from the Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

2011primary focus

Rock glaciers in Central Colorado, U.S.A., as indicators of Holocene climate change

2007Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Researchcentral

Rock glaciers in Central Colorado, U.S.A., as indicators of Holocene climate change

2007Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Researchframework

Glacial advances and soil development, Grand Mesa, Colorado

1954American Journal of Scienceframework

Related Concepts (10)

paleoglacier reconstruction

process7 shared papers

glacier retreat

process7 shared papers

glacial advances

process6 shared papers

paleoenvironmental reconstruction

framework5 shared papers

diet composition

measurement4 shared papers

water quality standards

framework4 shared papers

weathering

process4 shared papers

radiocarbon dating

measurement4 shared papers

Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 2

framework4 shared papers

Heinrich Event 1

phenomenon4 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

cottonwood

Spruce

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned3 papers

Pinus aristata

Pinaceae2 papers

Steers

Juniperus

Cupressaceae2 papers

Phenacomys

Cricetidae2 papers

Pinus flexilis

Pinaceae2 papers

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae2 papers

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