Barents–Kara Ice Sheet

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The Barents–Kara Ice Sheet was a vast Pleistocene ice mass that covered the Barents and Kara seas and adjacent Arctic continental areas during the last ice age.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Barents–Kara Ice Sheet canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pleistocene ice sheet ⓘ
glacial ice mass ⓘ
affected ocean circulation in the Arctic gateway ⓘ
paleoclimate of the Eurasian Arctic ⓘ
category Pleistocene glaciations ⓘ
Quaternary geology of the Arctic ⓘ
covered Barents Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: Barents Sea

Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Kara Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: Kara Sea

Novaya Zemlya ⓘ
Svalbard region ⓘ
linked to: Svalbard

adjacent Arctic continental margin ⓘ
parts of northern Russia ⓘ
disappearedBy early Holocene ⓘ
evidenceFrom multibeam bathymetry ⓘ
sediment cores ⓘ
seismic reflection data ⓘ
existedDuring Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ
extent over Barents and Kara seas and adjacent land areas ⓘ
formedBy glacial accumulation ⓘ
snowfall and ice compaction ⓘ
hasPart Barents sector ⓘ
linked to: Barents Sea

Kara sector ⓘ
influenced Quaternary sedimentation on the Barents shelf ⓘ
glacial isostatic adjustment in the Barents Sea region ⓘ
relative sea-level changes in the Eurasian Arctic ⓘ
leftBehind glacial landforms on the Barents Sea floor ⓘ
moraines ⓘ
leftBehind glacial lineations ⓘ
till deposits ⓘ
tunnel valleys ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean region ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
Eurasian Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Kara Sea ⓘ
marginsReached continental shelf edge in parts of the Barents Sea ⓘ
outer Kara Sea shelf in some sectors ⓘ
partOf Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex ⓘ
Last Glacial Maximum cryosphere ⓘ
relatedTo British–Irish Ice Sheet ⓘ
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ⓘ
retreatedDuring late Pleistocene deglaciation ⓘ
studiedBy Quaternary science ⓘ
glacial geology ⓘ
marine geophysics ⓘ
temporalExtent Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
thickness over 1 kilometer in places ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Last Glacial Maximum → hasMajorIceSheet → Barents–Kara Ice Sheet ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets → included → Barents–Kara Ice Sheet ⓘ