Saalian glaciation

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Pleistocene glaciation Quaternary glaciation glaciation

The Saalian glaciation was a major Middle Pleistocene ice age in northern Europe, during which extensive ice sheets covered large parts of the continent.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Riss glaciation 2
Elsterian glaciation 1
Saale glaciation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ
Quaternary glaciation ⓘ
glaciation ⓘ
affectsRegion Baltic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
North European Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
caused extensive ice sheet cover in northern Europe ⓘ
glacial deposition ⓘ
glacial erosion ⓘ
chronostratigraphicUnitOf Saalian Stage NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateContext cold stage of the Pleistocene ⓘ
correlatesWith Illinoian glaciation ⓘ
Marine Isotope Stage 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ
evidenceFrom glacial sediments ⓘ
marine isotope records ⓘ
morainic ridges ⓘ
followedBy Eemian interglacial NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weichselian glaciation NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicAge Middle Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Saale glaciation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChronologicalUncertainty exact start and end ages debated ⓘ
hasStratotypeRegion Central Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSubdividedInto Drenthe substage NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warthe substage NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
maximumIceExtentReached British Isles margins ⓘ
Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Saale River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf European Pleistocene glacial cycles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Elsterian glaciation NERFINISHED ⓘ
producedLandforms drumlins ⓘ
moraines ⓘ
outwash plains ⓘ
till plains ⓘ
regionalTermUsedIn Dutch stratigraphy ⓘ
German stratigraphy ⓘ
relatedTo Eurasian ice sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ
seaLevelEffect global sea-level fall ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Quaternary geology ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
paleoclimatology ⓘ
timeEndApproximate about 0.13 million years ago ⓘ
timeStartApproximate about 0.3 million years ago ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Fennoscandian Ice Sheet → majorGlaciation → Saalian glaciation ⓘ
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet → majorGlaciation → Saalian glaciation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elsterian glaciation
Havelterberg → formedDuring → Saalian glaciation ⓘ
Wilseder Berg → formedDuring → Saalian glaciation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saale glaciation
Würm glaciation → precededBy → Saalian glaciation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riss glaciation
Würm glaciation → follows → Saalian glaciation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riss glaciation