Tunnel Valley - Temporal Distribution

Temporal Distribution

There have been five known ice ages in the Earth's history; the Earth is experiencing the Quaternary Ice Age during the present time. Tunnel valleys formed during four of the five have been identified.

Name Period (Ma) Period Era Tunnel valleys and tunnel valley formation extensively observed
Quaternary 2.58 - Present Neogene Cenozoic Tunnel valleys formation has been reported in northern Asia, Europe, North America, and Antarctica
Karoo 360 - 260 Carboniferous and Permian Paleozoic Tunnel valleys has been reported in the Carboniferous–Permian glacial record of Australia and of South Africa.
Andean-Saharan 450 - 420 Ordovician and Silurian Paleozoic Tunnel valleys have been reported in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Mali, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Niger, Chad, and Sudan.
Cryogenian
(or Sturtian-Varangian)
800 - 635 Cryogenian Neoproterozoic Tunnel valleys have been reported in the Cryogenian strata of Oman and Mauritania.
Huronian 2100–2400 Siderian and Rhyacian Paleoproterozoic

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