British–Irish Ice Sheet
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The British–Irish Ice Sheet was a massive glacial ice sheet that covered most of Great Britain and Ireland during the last Ice Age, shaping much of the region’s present-day landscape.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pleistocene ice sheet
ⓘ
Quaternary geological feature ⓘ glacial ice sheet ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
BIIS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British–Irish Ice Cap NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
isostatic depression of the British Isles
ⓘ
postglacial isostatic rebound in Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| covered |
large parts of England
ⓘ
large parts of Wales ⓘ most of Ireland ⓘ most of Scotland ⓘ |
| createdLandforms |
drumlins
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eskers ⓘ fjords ⓘ glacial valleys ⓘ moraines ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ |
| evidenceFrom |
moraines and erratics across Britain and Ireland
ⓘ
offshore seismic and core data on surrounding continental shelves ⓘ |
| extendedOnto |
Celtic Sea shelf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland ⓘ continental shelf of the North Sea ⓘ |
| formedDuring |
Devensian glaciation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midlandian glaciation NERFINISHED ⓘ Weichselian glaciation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
reconstructing sea-level history around the British Isles
ⓘ
understanding past climate change in the North Atlantic region ⓘ |
| influenced |
distribution of soils in Britain and Ireland
ⓘ
drainage patterns in Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| largelyDisappearedBy | early Holocene ⓘ |
| leftDeposits |
glaciofluvial sediments
ⓘ
glaciolacustrine sediments ⓘ till ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Great Britain
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumExtentApproximateAge | around 27,000 to 21,000 years ago ⓘ |
| maximumThicknessApproximate | over 1,000 metres in some areas ⓘ |
| meltwaterContributedTo | sea-level rise at the end of the Pleistocene ⓘ |
| modelledUsing | ice-sheet models ⓘ |
| partOf |
Last Glacial Maximum ice sheets
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ice sheets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retreatedDuring | Late Glacial period ⓘ |
| shaped |
present-day British landscape
ⓘ
present-day Irish landscape ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Quaternary science ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Last Glacial Maximum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Pleistocene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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