Concept information
Término preferido
Riss
Definición
- The Riss glaciation, Riss Glaciation, Riss ice age, Riss Ice Age, Riss glacial or Riss Glacial (German: Riß-Kaltzeit, Riß-Glazial, Riß-Komplex or (obsolete) Riß-Eiszeit) is the second youngest glaciation of the Pleistocene epoch in the traditional, quadripartite glacial classification of the Alps. The literature variously dates it to between about 300,000 to 130,000 years ago and 347,000 to 128,000 years ago. It coincides with the Saale glaciation of North Germany. At the beginning of the Riss ice age almost all of today's river valleys were created. The glaciation of the Alps, even before the Holstein interglacial and towards the end of the major glaciations, resulted in glaciers advancing in several phases far into the Alpine Foreland, further than all other known ice sheet advances, and the main glaciers had established themselves along today's river valleys. During the Riss, glaciers advanced into the Bavarian and Austrian Alpine Foreland probably four times. The first two advances have not been confirmed with certainty because they are overlaid by the two stadials at the end of the Riss glaciation that extended well to the north. In the west the Rhône Glacier covered large parts of the Swiss Plateau and reached as far north as the northern Folded Jura and as far south as Lyon. To the northeast, it transitioned without any sharp demarcation into the Linth Glacier and Reuss - Aare Glacier; only the Napf area remaining ice-free. Further to the northeast, the Reuss-Aare Glacier combined with the Rhine glacier. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riss_glaciation#External_links)
Concepto genérico
Etiquetas alternativas
- Riss glaciation
- Riss Stage
En otras lenguas
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francés
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glaciation de Riss
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glaciation du Riss
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glaciation Riss
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stade Riss
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-32N5MWZH-7
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