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 | 1 |
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 |
Last Glacial Period
ⓘ
surface form:
Devensian glaciation
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Holocene epoch
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Wisconsin glaciation
ⓘ
surface form:
Wisconsin Glaciation
Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ
surface form:
Wisconsinan Glaciation
Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.