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Günz-Mindel Interglacial Stage, major division of Pleistocene time and deposits in the Alpine region of Europe and one of the divisions of the geological system that recognized the multiplicity of Pleistocene glaciations (the Pleistocene Epoch began about 2.6 million years ago and ended about 11,700 years ago). The Günz-Mindel Interglacial preceded the Mindel Glacial Stage and followed the Günz Glacial Stage, a period of relatively moderate climatic conditions between two periods of glacial advance. The...

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