Wisconsin Glacial Episode

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wisconsin_Glacial_Episode

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Glacial_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Wisconsinan_Glaciation gptkb:Wisconsin_Glaciation
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite	gptkb:Clovis_culture gptkb:Folsom_culture
gptkbp:beganIn	about 75,000 years ago
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Pleistocene Quaternary geology Glaciology
gptkbp:climate	cold
gptkbp:correspondsTo	gptkb:Devensian_glaciation_(Britain) gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation_(Europe) gptkb:Würm_glaciation_(Alps)
gptkbp:endDate	about 11,000 years ago
gptkbp:fauna	gptkb:bison mammoths mastodons giant ground sloths saber-toothed cats early humans
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Holocene_epoch
gptkbp:iceSheet	gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet gptkb:Greenland_Ice_Sheet gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Quaternary_glaciation
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Sangamonian_Stage
gptkbp:range	about 21,000 years ago
gptkbp:resultedIn	formation of kettle lakes formation of moraines deposition of glacial till formation of Great Lakes
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:Canada gptkb:North_America gptkb:Northern_United_States
gptkbp:significance	shaped modern landscapes of northern US and Canada
gptkbp:studiedBy	archaeologists geologists paleoclimatologists
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Harbor_Hill_Moraine gptkb:Wisconsinan_glaciation
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Wisconsin Glacial Episode