LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET


Meaning of LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET in English

Principal glacial cover of North America during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 million–10,000 years ago).

At its maximum extent it spread as far south as latitude 37° N and covered an area of more than 5 million sq mi (13 million sq km). In some areas its thickness reached 8,000–10,000 ft (2,400–3,000 m) or more.

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