last Ice Age

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Last_Glacial_Period
gptkbp:characterizedBy large ice sheets covering North America, Europe, and Asia
gptkbp:climate colder and drier than present
gptkbp:effect gptkb:spread_of_Homo_sapiens
gptkb:megafaunal_extinction
fjords
glacial till
cave art
extinction of Neanderthals
moraines
U-shaped valleys
development of Upper Paleolithic cultures
formation of land bridges
isostatic rebound
domestication of dogs
loess deposits
development of human cultures
glacial lakes formation
permafrost expansion
sea level rise at end
shaping of modern landscapes
gptkbp:endDate about 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:fauna gptkb:cave_bear
gptkb:bird
gptkb:Irish_elk
saber-toothed cat
giant ground sloth
mastodon
gptkbp:followedBy Holocene
gptkbp:glacialEvents gptkb:Dansgaard–Oeschger_events
gptkb:Heinrich_events
gptkb:Oldest_Dryas
gptkb:Younger_Dryas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label last Ice Age
gptkbp:humanMigration gptkb:Bering_land_bridge
gptkbp:humanSpecies gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkb:Neanderthals
gptkbp:iceSheet gptkb:Barents-Kara_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:British-Irish_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Fennoscandian_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Patagonian_Ice_Sheet
gptkbp:maximumExtentDate about 26,500 years ago
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Quaternary_glaciation
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Eemian_interglacial
gptkbp:range gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkbp:startDate about 115,000 years ago
gptkbp:thrustSeaLevel lower than present
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Schwanheimer_Düne
gptkb:Malham_Cove
gptkb:Lulworth_Cove
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6