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What is the name of the period that followed extensive glaciation in the precambrian?
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What is a xerothermic period?
A xerothermic period is a period of particularly warm, dry heat, following glaciation.
Why is the precambrian time period segmented into very few parts because?
The Precambrian time period is segmented into very few parts because the fossil record is scarce.
Which period of Earth's time would be considered the longest?
The period of Earth's time that would be considered longest is the Precambrian Era.
What did Earth look like during the Precambrian time period?
It looked like a sphere
What is the difference about glaciation and an interglacial period?
Glaciations are the times during which glaciers grew and covered large parts of continents. An interglacial period is a geological time between glaciations.
What was the climate like in precambrian times?
That's a very long timetable from 4,500, 000,000 years ago right up to 542,000,000 years ago, a total of 3,958,000,000 years.From low surface temperatures, with extensive glaciation to warm temperate conditions and no glaciation, which seemed to have occured in cycles over that time period.
Was there an ice age 120 thousand years ago?
The Earth was in an interglacial period of warming called the Sangamon Interglacial at this time period. The Illinois glaciation preceded it, and the Wisconsin episode of glaciation followed it. We are currently in an interglacial period known as the Holocene.
Why is PreCambrian called PreCambrian?
Precambrian is BEFORE the Cambrian period!
What was the longest segment of the earth's history?
It was the Precambrian time period.
When did glaciers cover Ohio?
Extensive areas of the northern hemisphere were covered by glaciers most recently in the Pleistocene Epoch, with periods of glaciation starting around 1.8 million years ago. The most recent period of glaciation ended around 10,000 years ago.
Why is the Precambrian time period segmented into very few parts?
The Precambrian time period is segmented into very few parts because:
What is the period of worldwide glaciation called?
Ice age.
What is a xerothermic period?
A xerothermic period is a period of particularly warm, dry heat, following glaciation.
Precambrian are fossils yes or no?
Precambrian is a geologic period that extends as back as 4.500 million years ago. Fossils are very rare from that period of time.
How did the ice age end?
Well for one thing, it didn't. The definition of Ice Age is a period of extensive glaciation with brief interglacials between the points of highest glaciation. By that definition we're are still in the middle of an ice age, a warm bit of one, but still in one. If we weren't in an Ice Age there would be no glacials, whatsoever.
What was the Precambrian era's climate?
The Precambrian is a long period and just as Earth has many climates now, it had many then.
Was the crust solid in the Precambrian Eon?
Except for a short period when the Earth was molten, a solid crust had formed in the Precambrian.
