Weichselian glaciation in Europe

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Weichselian_glaciation_in_Europe
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:lake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Northern_Europe
gptkbp:affects flora and fauna distribution in Europe
human migration patterns
landscape formation in Northern Europe
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Vistulian_glaciation
gptkb:Weichsel_glaciation
gptkbp:beganIn about 115,000 years ago
gptkbp:characterizedBy large ice sheets
periglacial environments
gptkbp:contemporaryOf gptkb:Devensian_glaciation_in_Britain
gptkb:Würm_glaciation_in_the_Alps
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation_in_North_America
gptkbp:endDate about 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:existedUntil gptkb:start_of_Holocene
gptkbp:followedBy Holocene
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Pleistocene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Weichselian glaciation in Europe
gptkbp:mainIceSheet gptkb:Fennoscandian_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:maximumIceThickness over 3,000 meters in Scandinavia
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Weichsel_River
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Last_Glacial_Period
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Eemian_interglacial
gptkbp:range covered Scandinavia, northern Germany, Poland, and parts of the British Isles
gptkbp:resultedIn formation of moraines
creation of outwash plains
development of glacial lakes
isostatic rebound after melting
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkb:Younger_Dryas_cold_period
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6