Mason Glacier [SEP] continent
Mason Glacier
Mason Glacier () is a glacier draining the eastern slopes of the Worcester Range, Antarctica, immediately south of Bareface Bluff, and flowing east into Skelton Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Richard G. Hogan-Mason, a biologist at McMurdo Station in 1961–62 and 1962–63.
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