Devensian glaciation in Britain

GPTKB entity

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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