Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Eurasian_Ice_Sheet_Complex

GPTKB entity

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Pleistocene ice sheet
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	EISC
gptkbp:component	gptkb:Barents-Kara_Ice_Sheet gptkb:British-Irish_Ice_Sheet gptkb:Fennoscandian_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:deglaciationBegan	about 19,000 years ago
gptkbp:deglaciationEnded	about 8,000 years ago
gptkbp:existedDuring	gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex
gptkbp:influenced	sea level changes isostatic rebound landscape of northern Europe
gptkbp:meltwaterContribution	gptkb:Arctic_Ocean gptkb:North_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:range	about 22,000 years ago
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet gptkb:Antarctic_Ice_Sheet gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:remnants	gptkb:Lake_Ladoga gptkb:Lake_Onega gptkb:Lake_Peipus gptkb:Lake_Imandra gptkb:Lake_Vygozero gptkb:White_Sea_basin gptkb:Lake_Shchuchye gptkb:Baltic_Sea_basin gptkb:Lake_Vänern gptkb:Lake_Ilmen gptkb:Lake_Inari gptkb:Lake_Mjøsa gptkb:Lake_Pskov gptkb:Lake_Saimaa gptkb:Lake_Segozero gptkb:Lake_Chudskoye gptkb:Lake_Topozero gptkb:Lake_Vättern gptkb:Lake_Vodlozero gptkb:Lake_Bolshoye fjords drumlins kettle lakes moraines U-shaped valleys nunataks glacial erratics eskers outwash plains till deposits loess deposits periglacial features proglacial lakes Lake Pyaozero Scandinavian glaciers Lake Kamenka Lake Kamennoe Lake Kuito Lake Maloye Lake Sukhoye Lake Tulos fjelds raised beaches
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:Barents_Sea gptkb:British_Isles gptkb:Kara_Sea gptkb:Scandinavia northern Europe western Siberia
gptkbp:studiedBy	Quaternary geologists
gptkbp:thickness	up to 3 km
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Barents-Kara_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8