Quaternary Ice Age
Within the Quaternary glaciation (2.58 Ma to present), there have been a number of glacials and interglacials.
In the British Isles the Pleistocene extent of the Quaternary ice age, has been subdivided into the following stages and superstages.
- Preludhamian
- Ludhamian
Read more about this topic: Glacial Period
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