Würm glaciation

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The Würm glaciation was the last major glacial period of the Pleistocene in the Alps, marked by extensive ice coverage and shaping much of the region’s modern landscape.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Würm glaciation canonical 6
Weichselian glaciation 2
Devensian glaciation 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
Quaternary glacial period ⓘ
glaciation ⓘ
associatedWith expansion of continental ice sheets ⓘ
lowered global sea levels ⓘ
periglacial processes in areas beyond the ice margin ⓘ
caused deepening of Alpine valleys ⓘ
formation of U-shaped valleys in the Alps ⓘ
formation of glacial lakes in the Alpine region ⓘ
formation of moraines in the Alpine foreland ⓘ
overdeepened lake basins such as Lake Constance ⓘ
overdeepened lake basins such as Lake Garda ⓘ
overdeepened lake basins such as Lake Geneva ⓘ
characterizedBy extensive valley glaciers ⓘ
large piedmont glaciers ⓘ
thick ice caps over the Alps ⓘ
climate cold glacial climate ⓘ
correspondsTo Devensian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Last Glacial Period

Last Glacial Period ⓘ
Weichselian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Last Glacial Period

Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ
countryContext Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
endedWith transition to Holocene ⓘ
endTime approximately 11,700 years ago ⓘ
end of Pleistocene ⓘ
evidence glacial striations on Alpine bedrock ⓘ
outwash plains in front of Alpine glaciers ⓘ
terminal moraines in Alpine foreland ⓘ
follows Riss glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Saalian glaciation
hasPart Last Glacial Maximum in the Alps ⓘ
early Würm ⓘ
late Würm ⓘ
middle Würm ⓘ
influenced distribution of sediments in the Alpine foreland ⓘ
drainage patterns in and around the Alps ⓘ
modern Alpine landscape ⓘ
maximumExtentTime around 24,000–20,000 years ago ⓘ
namedAfter River Würm ⓘ
linked to: Würm River
occursIn Alps ⓘ
partOf Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
Quaternary period ⓘ
precededBy Riss glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Saalian glaciation
region Central Alps ⓘ
Northern Alps ⓘ
linked to: Alps

Southern Alps ⓘ
linked to: southern Alps
startTime approximately 115,000 years ago ⓘ
studiedIn Quaternary geology ⓘ
geomorphology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
timeEquivalent Marine Isotope Stages 5d–2 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Wisconsin glaciation → correlatesWith → Weichselian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Würm glaciation
Wisconsin glaciation → correlatesWith → Devensian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Würm glaciation
Wisconsin glaciation → correlatesWith → Würm glaciation ⓘ
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet → majorGlaciation → Weichselian glaciation ⓘ
linked to: Würm glaciation
Last Glacial Maximum → alsoKnownAs → LGM ⓘ
linked to: Würm glaciation
Wisconsin Stage → correlatesWith → Würm glaciation ⓘ
Würm → namedAfter → Würm glaciation ⓘ
Last Glacial Period → alsoKnownAs → Würm glaciation ⓘ
Last Glacial Period → regionNameInAlps → Würm glaciation ⓘ
Last Glacial Period → regionNameInIberia → Würm glaciation ⓘ