Marine Isotope Stage 12

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Marine Isotope Stage
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs MIS 12
gptkbp:characterizedBy extensive glaciation
gptkbp:duration about 54,000 years
gptkbp:endDate about 424,000 years ago
gptkbp:followedBy Marine Isotope Stage 11
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Marine Isotope Stage 12
gptkbp:numberInSeries 12
gptkbp:oxygenIsotopeRatio high 18O/16O ratio
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Pleistocene_Epoch
gptkbp:precededBy Marine Isotope Stage 13
gptkbp:relatedTo Anglian glaciation (Britain)
Elsterian glaciation (Europe)
Kansan glaciation (North America)
gptkbp:significance one of the most severe glaciations of the Quaternary
gptkbp:startDate about 478,000 years ago
gptkbp:type glacial period
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anglian_glaciation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8