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Wisconsin glaciation (North America)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Wisconsin_glaciation_(North_America)
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:lake
gptkbp:affects
human migration into Americas
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Wisconsinan_glaciation
gptkbp:beganIn
about 75,000 years ago
gptkbp:category
gptkb:Quaternary_period
Pleistocene events
Glaciology
gptkbp:cause
megafauna extinction
sea level drop
Bering land bridge exposure
gptkbp:createdFeature
gptkb:Cape_Cod
gptkb:Finger_Lakes
gptkb:Long_Island
gptkb:Great_Lakes
Moraines
Drumlins
Kettle lakes
Outwash plains
gptkbp:endDate
about 11,000 years ago
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Holocene_epoch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Wisconsin glaciation (North America)
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:runsConcurrentWith
gptkb:Devensian_glaciation_(Britain)
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation_(Europe)
gptkb:Würm_glaciation_(Alps)
gptkbp:servesArea
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:New_England
gptkb:Pacific_Northwest
gptkb:Rocky_Mountains
gptkb:northern_United_States
gptkb:Great_Lakes_region
gptkb:Upper_Midwest
gptkbp:studiedBy
geologists
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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