| Source | Chicago Reader |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | March 4, 2026, 10:03 a.m. |
| Last Updated | March 4, 2026, 10:03 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://chicagoreader.com/books/book-review/on-an-inland-sea-belt/ |
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During our last ice age, twenty-five thousand years ago, a glacier covered much
of the continent. Layered ice sheets stacked a mile downward. Twenty thousand
years ago, [ temperatures rose ][5555] . Over the next ten thousand years, the
glaciers slipped away, gouging out basins from the earth. The c...