Eemian

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf interglacial period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Last_Interglacial
gptkb:Eemian_interglacial
Ipswichian
Riss-Würm interglacial
Sangamonian
gptkbp:climate warmer than present
gptkbp:CO2Level about 280 ppm
gptkbp:correspondsTo Ipswichian in Britain
Riss-Würm in the Alps
Sangamonian Stage in North America
gptkbp:evidence ice cores
faunal remains
fossil pollen
marine sediments
gptkbp:fauna hippopotamus in Europe
gptkbp:flora oak, hazel, hornbeam forests
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eemian
gptkbp:iceSheet Greenland ice sheet smaller than today
gptkbp:location gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Eem_River
gptkbp:period about 130,000 to 115,000 years ago
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Saalian_glaciation
gptkbp:significance last interglacial before current Holocene
gptkbp:studiedBy paleoclimatologists
gptkbp:thrustSeaLevel 6 to 9 meters higher than present
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Last_Interglacial
gptkb:Eemian_Stage_(Europe)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8