Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
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The Fennoscandian Ice Sheet was a massive Pleistocene ice sheet that repeatedly covered much of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and parts of northern Germany and western Russia.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fennoscandian Ice Sheet canonical | 3 |
| Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Complex | 1 |
| Fennoscandian Ice Sheet in northern Europe | 1 |
| Scandinavian Ice Sheet | 1 |
| Scandinavian Mountains glaciation | 1 |
| Weichselian glaciation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Context triple: [Baltic Ice Lake, boundedBy, Fennoscandian Ice Sheet]
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A.
Wisconsin glaciation
The Wisconsin glaciation was the last major advance of continental ice sheets in North America during the Pleistocene, profoundly reshaping the continent’s landscapes and drainage systems.
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B.
Campo de Hielo Norte
Campo de Hielo Norte is a vast Patagonian ice field in southern Chile, known as one of the largest mid-latitude ice masses in the world and a major source of outlet glaciers and freshwater.
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C.
Northern Patagonian Ice Field
The Northern Patagonian Ice Field is a vast glacial expanse in southern Chile that forms one of the largest mid-latitude ice masses in the world and feeds numerous outlet glaciers and fjords.
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D.
Southern Icefield
Southern Icefield is one of the principal glacier fields on Mount Kilimanjaro, forming part of the mountain’s rapidly shrinking ice cap near its summit.
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E.
English Glacier
English Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, in the Andes of Argentina.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Target entity description: The Fennoscandian Ice Sheet was a massive Pleistocene ice sheet that repeatedly covered much of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and parts of northern Germany and western Russia.
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A.
Wisconsin glaciation
The Wisconsin glaciation was the last major advance of continental ice sheets in North America during the Pleistocene, profoundly reshaping the continent’s landscapes and drainage systems.
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B.
Campo de Hielo Norte
Campo de Hielo Norte is a vast Patagonian ice field in southern Chile, known as one of the largest mid-latitude ice masses in the world and a major source of outlet glaciers and freshwater.
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C.
Northern Patagonian Ice Field
The Northern Patagonian Ice Field is a vast glacial expanse in southern Chile that forms one of the largest mid-latitude ice masses in the world and feeds numerous outlet glaciers and fjords.
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D.
Southern Icefield
Southern Icefield is one of the principal glacier fields on Mount Kilimanjaro, forming part of the mountain’s rapidly shrinking ice cap near its summit.
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E.
English Glacier
English Glacier is a glacier located on the slopes of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, in the Andes of Argentina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pleistocene ice sheet
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continental ice sheet ⓘ glacial ice sheet ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
ⓘ
surface form:
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Complex
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet ⓘ
surface form:
Scandinavian Ice Sheet
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| causedProcess |
glacial isostatic adjustment
ⓘ
postglacial rebound ⓘ |
| coveredRegion |
Baltic states
ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
surface form:
Barents Sea shelf
Denmark ⓘ Finland ⓘ Karelia ⓘ Kola Peninsula ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ Sweden ⓘ White Sea coast ⓘ
surface form:
White Sea region
Northern Germany ⓘ
surface form:
northern Germany
Northwest Russia ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Russia
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| deglaciation | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| finalRetreatAge | roughly 10,000 years ago ⓘ |
| formedDuring | multiple glacial cycles of the Quaternary ⓘ |
| geologicTime |
Pleistocene epoch
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Quaternary period ⓘ |
| influencedFeature |
Baltic Sea drainage basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea basin
Baltic Shield topography ⓘ Scandinavian mountain landscapes ⓘ |
| influencedHydrology |
formation of proglacial lakes
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rerouting of major rivers in northern Europe ⓘ |
| lastMaximum | Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ |
| lastMaximumAge | around 21,000 years ago ⓘ |
| leftLandform |
U-shaped valleys
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drumlins ⓘ eskers ⓘ fjords ⓘ kettle lakes ⓘ moraines ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ roches moutonnées ⓘ |
| majorGlaciation |
Saalian glaciation
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surface form:
Elsterian glaciation
Saalian glaciation ⓘ Würm glaciation ⓘ
surface form:
Weichselian glaciation
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| maximumExtent |
extended to the British Isles shelf in some glacial stages
ⓘ
reached northern Netherlands in some glacial stages ⓘ |
| maximumThickness | over 3 kilometers in central Scandinavia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British–Irish Ice Sheet
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Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America ⓘ
surface form:
Laurentide Ice Sheet
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| studiedInDiscipline |
Quaternary geology
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glaciology ⓘ paleoclimatology ⓘ |
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Subject: Fennoscandian Ice Sheet Description of subject: The Fennoscandian Ice Sheet was a massive Pleistocene ice sheet that repeatedly covered much of northern Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and parts of northern Germany and western Russia.
Referenced by (8)
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