Foster Glacier [SEP] continent
Foster Glacier
Foster Glacier () is a glacier in the Royal Society Range, Antarctica, south of Mount Kempe, flowing southeast into the Koettlitz Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1963 for Major James Foster, United States Marine Corps, assistant air operations officer for U.S. Navy Task Force 43 in Antarctica, 1960.
Foster Crater () is a nearby crater named in association with this glacier.
Eocene–Oligocene extinction event). The term Late Cenozoic Ice Age is used to include this early phase.
During this last glacial period there were alternating episodes of glacier advance and retreat. Within the last glacial period the Last Glacial Maximum was approximately 22,000 years ago. While the general pattern of global cooling and glacier advance was similar, local differences in the development of glacier advance and retreat make it difficult to compare the details from continent to continent (see picture of ice core data below for differences). Approximately 13,000