Last Glacial Period

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Last_Ice_Age
gptkbp:archaeologicalCultures gptkb:Gravettian_culture
gptkb:Magdalenian_culture
gptkb:Clovis_culture
gptkb:Aurignacian_culture
gptkb:Solutrean_culture
gptkbp:characterizedBy extensive ice sheets
gptkbp:climate colder than present
gptkbp:endDate about 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:extinctionEvents Pleistocene megafaunal extinction
gptkbp:fauna gptkb:bird
saber-toothed cat
giant ground sloth
mastodon
gptkbp:flora tundra vegetation
steppe vegetation
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Holocene_epoch
gptkbp:glacialCycles gptkb:Milankovitch_cycles
gptkbp:glacialEvents gptkb:Dansgaard–Oeschger_events
gptkb:Heinrich_events
gptkb:Oldest_Dryas
gptkb:Younger_Dryas
gptkb:Bølling-Allerød_interstadial
gptkbp:glacialRetreat began about 20,000 years ago
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Last Glacial Period
gptkbp:humanMigration gptkb:Bering_land_bridge
gptkbp:humanPresence gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkb:Neanderthals
gptkbp:iceCoreEvidence gptkb:Greenland_ice_cores
Antarctic ice cores
gptkbp:impactOnEarth affected global biodiversity
created moraines
formed glacial lakes
influenced river systems
shaped modern landscapes
gptkbp:majorIceSheets gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Greenland_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Fennoscandian_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Patagonian_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:maximumExtentEvent gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Quaternary_period
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Eemian_interglacial
gptkbp:range about 21,000 years ago
gptkbp:startDate about 115,000 years ago
gptkbp:thrustSeaLevel lower than present
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Last_Ice_Age
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6