Pleistocene glaciation

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Pleistocene glaciation refers to the series of extensive ice ages during the Pleistocene Epoch, when large ice sheets repeatedly advanced and retreated over vast areas of the Northern Hemisphere, dramatically reshaping landscapes and climates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaternary glaciation ⓘ
glaciation event ⓘ
affected distribution of fauna ⓘ
distribution of flora ⓘ
evolution and dispersal of Homo sapiens ⓘ
migration routes of early humans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pleistocene glacial cycles ⓘ
Pleistocene ice ages ⓘ
caused exposure of continental shelves ⓘ
formation of land bridges ⓘ
lowering of global sea level ⓘ
characterizedBy expansion of mountain glaciers ⓘ
growth of polar ice caps ⓘ
large climatic oscillations ⓘ
repeated advance and retreat of continental ice sheets ⓘ
created drumlins ⓘ
eskers ⓘ
fjords ⓘ
kettle lakes ⓘ
moraines ⓘ
outwash plains ⓘ
drivenBy Milankovitch cycles ⓘ
changes in Earth’s orbital eccentricity ⓘ
changes in axial tilt ⓘ
precession of the equinoxes ⓘ
evidencedBy glacial deposits ⓘ
ice cores ⓘ
loess sequences ⓘ
marine oxygen isotope records ⓘ
followedBy Holocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene

Holocene climate optimum ⓘ
hasEndTime about 11,700 years ago ⓘ
hasPart glacial periods ⓘ
interglacial periods ⓘ
interstadials ⓘ
stadials ⓘ
hasStartTime about 2.58 million years ago ⓘ
includes Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ
Last Glacial Period ⓘ
Marine Isotope Stage 12 ⓘ
Marine Isotope Stage 2 ⓘ
linked to: Last Glacial Period

Marine Isotope Stage 6 ⓘ
exposure of Bering Land Bridge ⓘ
exposure of Doggerland ⓘ
exposure of Sunda Shelf land bridge ⓘ
influencedBy atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations ⓘ
ice–albedo feedbacks ⓘ
ocean circulation changes ⓘ
occursIn Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
partOf Pleistocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene epoch

Quaternary Period ⓘ
linked to: Quaternary period
precededBy Pliocene climate ⓘ
shaped Eurasian landscape ⓘ
European landscape ⓘ
North American landscape ⓘ
Patagonian landscape ⓘ
studiedBy Quaternary geology ⓘ
linked to: Quaternary science

glaciology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Missoula basin → formedBy → Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
Norris Glacier → partOf → North American glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene glaciation
Northwestern Glaciated Plains → hasOrigin → Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
Saalian glaciation → partOf → European Pleistocene glacial cycles ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene glaciation
Last Glacial Period → regionNameInIreland → Midlandian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene glaciation
Wallowa Lake → formedBy → Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
Cwm Cau → formedDuring → Quaternary glaciations ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene glaciation
Cregüeña Glacier → formationProcess → Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
Ice Age → hasExample → Pleistocene Ice Age ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene glaciation