Fennoscandian Ice Sheet

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Ice sheet
gptkbp:affects gptkb:marine
climate of Northern Europe
faunal migration in Europe
human settlement patterns in Northern Europe
vegetation zones in Europe
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fennoscandian_glaciation
gptkbp:beganRetreating about 20,000 years ago
gptkbp:completelyMelted about 7,000 years ago
gptkbp:contributedTo formation of moraines
glacial till deposits
Baltic Sea formation
Scandinavian landscape
formation of drumlins
formation of eskers
formation of fjords
formation of lakes in Finland
formation of the Gulf of Bothnia
formation of the Gulf of Finland
glacial erratics in Northern Europe
isostatic rebound in Fennoscandia
gptkbp:formed gptkb:Pleistocene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
gptkbp:lastMaximumExtent gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:lastRemnantsDisappeared gptkb:Kola_Peninsula
gptkb:northern_Russia
gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:leftFeature kettle lakes
U-shaped valleys
outwash plains
glacial striations
terminal moraines
gptkbp:meltwaterContributedTo gptkb:Ancylus_Lake
gptkb:Baltic_Ice_Lake
gptkb:Litorina_Sea
gptkb:Yoldia_Sea
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Northwest_Russia
gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Northern_Europe
gptkb:Fennoscandia
gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:studiedBy Quaternary geologists
gptkbp:thickness over 3,000 meters
gptkbp:wasContemporaryWith gptkb:Barents-Kara_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:British-Irish_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Last_Ice_Age
gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6