Weichselian glaciation (Northern Europe)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Weichselian_glaciation_(Northern_Europe)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:lake
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Weichselian
gptkb:Weichsel_glaciation
gptkbp:beganIn about 115,000 years ago
gptkbp:chronology last glacial period in Northern Europe
gptkbp:climate cold
gptkbp:correspondsTo gptkb:Devensian_glaciation_(Britain)
gptkb:Würm_glaciation_(Alps)
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation_(North_America)
gptkbp:covers gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Baltic_States
gptkb:Northern_Germany
gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkb:Northwestern_Russia
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Early_Weichselian
gptkb:Late_Weichselian
gptkb:Middle_Weichselian
gptkbp:effect formation of moraines
sea level changes
glacial till deposits
isostatic rebound
creation of proglacial lakes
gptkbp:endDate about 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:followedBy Holocene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Weichselian glaciation (Northern Europe)
gptkbp:iceSheet gptkb:Fennoscandian_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:location gptkb:Northern_Europe
gptkbp:mainIceSheet gptkb:Fennoscandian_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:namedAfter Weichsel River (Vistula River)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Quaternary_glaciation
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Eemian_interglacial
gptkbp:range about 20,000 years ago
gptkbp:type gptkb:Pleistocene_glaciation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6