Wisconsin Stage

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Wisconsin Stage is the most recent major glacial period of the Pleistocene epoch in North America, during which large ice sheets covered much of Canada and the northern United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wisconsin Stage canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
Quaternary geological event ⓘ
glacial stage ⓘ
associatedWith human migration into the Americas ⓘ
megafaunal extinctions in late Pleistocene ⓘ
characterizedBy Cordilleran Ice Sheet expansion ⓘ
Laurentide Ice Sheet expansion ⓘ
glacial advances and retreats ⓘ
large continental ice sheets ⓘ
climate colder-than-present temperatures in North America ⓘ
expanded permafrost zones ⓘ
correlatesWith Devensian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Last Glacial Period

Weichselian glaciation ⓘ
Würm glaciation ⓘ
coveredRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
New England ⓘ
much of Canada ⓘ
northern United States ⓘ
upper Midwest ⓘ
evidenceFrom glacial landforms ⓘ
pollen records ⓘ
radiocarbon dating ⓘ
stratigraphic sequences ⓘ
followedBy Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
hasAlternativeName Wisconsin Glaciation ⓘ
Wisconsinan Glaciation ⓘ
Wisconsinan Stage ⓘ
isSubstageOf Late Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
lastGlacialMaximumApprox about 21,000 years ago ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
partOf Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
Quaternary period ⓘ
precededBy Illinoian Stage ⓘ
resultedIn deposition of glacial till ⓘ
drumlins ⓘ
eskers ⓘ
formation of Great Lakes basins ⓘ
formation of moraines ⓘ
isostatic crustal depression ⓘ
kettle lakes ⓘ
outwash plains ⓘ
postglacial isostatic rebound ⓘ
proglacial lakes ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Quaternary geology ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
timeSpanEndApprox about 11,000 years ago ⓘ
timeSpanStartApprox about 75,000 years ago ⓘ

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

Wisconsin glaciation → alsoKnownAs → Wisconsin Stage ⓘ
Illinoian Stage → precedes → Wisconsin Stage ⓘ