Champlain Sea

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf prehistoric sea
gptkbp:connectedTo gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:containsFossilsOf gptkb:bird
gptkb:silk
gptkb:capelin
cod
marine mollusks
oceanic plankton
gptkbp:disappeared about 10,000 years ago
gptkbp:existedDuring gptkb:early_Holocene
gptkb:Late_Pleistocene
gptkbp:formedBy retreat of Laurentide Ice Sheet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Champlain Sea
gptkbp:leftDeposits gptkb:ceramics
sand
marine shells
gptkbp:location gptkb:eastern_North_America
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lake_Champlain
gptkbp:range about 11,000 years ago
gptkbp:recededDueTo isostatic rebound
gptkbp:salinity brackish
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:St._Lawrence_Lowlands
gptkb:Ottawa_Valley
parts of present-day New York
parts of present-day Ontario
parts of present-day Quebec
parts of present-day Vermont
gptkbp:studiedBy geologists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7