Devensian glaciation (Britain)

GPTKB entity

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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 7