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Devensian glaciation in Britain
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Devensian_glaciation_in_Britain
GPTKB entity
Statements (57)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
glaciation event
gptkbp:affects
flora and fauna
human populations
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite
gptkb:Creswellian_culture
gptkb:Late_Magdalenian_culture
Upper Paleolithic sites
gptkbp:climate
arid
cold
periglacial
gptkbp:correspondsTo
gptkb:Würm_glaciation
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation
gptkbp:covers
northern England
most of Scotland
parts of Ireland
parts of Wales
gptkbp:created
fjords
drumlins
glacial landforms
moraines
U-shaped valleys
eskers
outwash plains
erratics
kettle holes
till deposits
gptkbp:endDate
c. 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:evidence
glacial erratics
fossil pollen records
ice-rafted debris
stratified sediments
gptkbp:exposedBy
gptkb:Doggerland
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Holocene_epoch
gptkbp:glacialMaximum
gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum_(LGM)
gptkbp:glacialRetreat
began c. 19,000 years ago
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Devensian glaciation in Britain
gptkbp:iceSheetSource
gptkb:British-Irish_ice_sheet
gptkb:Irish_ice_sheet
gptkb:Scandinavian_ice_sheet
gptkb:Scottish_ice_sheet
gptkb:Welsh_ice_sheet
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Britain
gptkbp:maximumIceSheetThickness
over 1 km
gptkbp:notCovered
gptkb:Cornwall
gptkb:Devon
gptkb:East_Anglia
gptkb:London
gptkb:Somerset
gptkb:Kent
gptkb:Dorset
southern England
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Devensian_glaciation
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Ipswichian_interglacial
gptkbp:range
c. 27,000 years ago
gptkbp:seaLevelChange
lowered sea levels
gptkbp:startDate
c. 115,000 years ago
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6