Last Glacial Maximum in North America

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	paleoclimatic event
gptkbp:characterizedBy	maximum extent of ice sheets
gptkbp:climate	colder and drier than present
gptkbp:deglaciationBegan	about 19,000 years ago
gptkbp:effect	drumlins kettle lakes moraines isostatic rebound loess deposits extinction of some megafauna formation of proglacial lakes glacial outwash plains
gptkbp:evidence	ice cores fossil pollen lake sediments moraines megafaunal remains
gptkbp:followedBy	deglaciation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Last Glacial Maximum in North America
gptkbp:humanMigration	gptkb:Bering_Land_Bridge
gptkbp:iceSheet	gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet gptkb:Greenland_Ice_Sheet gptkb:Innuitian_Ice_Sheet gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:megafauna	gptkb:bird saber-toothed cat mastodon
gptkbp:occurredIn	approximately 26,500 to 19,000 years ago
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Holocene_epoch gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch gptkb:Younger_Dryas
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:Canada gptkb:northern_United_States parts of Alaska
gptkbp:studiedBy	glaciologists paleoclimatologists
gptkbp:thrustSeaLevel	about 120 meters lower than present
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Wisconsin_Glaciation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7