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Devensian glaciation (Britain)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Devensian_glaciation_(Britain)
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:lake
gptkbp:affects
flora and fauna of Britain
human settlement patterns
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Devensian
Last Glacial Maximum (Britain)
gptkbp:characterizedBy
ice sheets
cold climate
periglacial conditions
gptkbp:correspondsTo
gptkb:Würm_glaciation_(Alps)
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation_(Northern_Europe)
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation_(North_America)
gptkbp:endDate
c. 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:evidence
glacial till
drumlins
moraines
U-shaped valleys
glacial erratics
gptkbp:followedBy
Holocene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Devensian glaciation (Britain)
gptkbp:namedAfter
River Dee (Dee Valley, Wales)
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Younger_Dryas
Loch Lomond Stadial
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Quaternary_glaciation
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Ipswichian_interglacial
gptkbp:range
c. 27,000 years ago
gptkbp:servesArea
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:North_Sea
parts of the English Channel
most of Great Britain
gptkbp:startDate
c. 115,000 years ago
gptkbp:studiedBy
Quaternary geologists
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Würm_glaciation_(Alps)
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation_(Northern_Europe)
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation_(North_America)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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