Wisconsin glaciation

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Pleistocene glaciation 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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Weichselian glaciation	2
Wisconsin glaciation canonical	2
Wisconsinan Stage	2
Late Wisconsin glaciation	1
Sangamon interglacial	1
Wisconsin Glaciation	1
Wisconsinan Glaciation	1
Wisconsinan glaciation	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ glaciation ⓘ
affectedRegion	Canada ⓘ Northeastern United States ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ surface form: Northern Great Plains Rocky Mountains ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Upper Midwestern United States
alsoKnownAs	Wisconsin Stage ⓘ Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ surface form: Wisconsinan glaciation
causedEvent	Missoula floods in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ isostatic depression of the crust in formerly glaciated areas ⓘ
chronostratigraphicUnit	Wisconsin glaciation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wisconsinan Stage
continent	North America ⓘ
correlatesWith	Würm glaciation ⓘ surface form: Devensian glaciation Würm glaciation ⓘ surface form: Weichselian glaciation Würm glaciation ⓘ
createdFeature	Lake Agassiz basin ⓘ Lake Missoula basin ⓘ basins of the modern Great Lakes (modification of preexisting basins) ⓘ
createdLandform	drumlins in New York and New England ⓘ eskers in Canada and northern United States ⓘ glacial till plains ⓘ kettle lakes in glaciated regions ⓘ moraines in the upper Midwest ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ proglacial lake basins ⓘ
endApproximate	about 11,000 years ago ⓘ
evidenceType	glacial striations ⓘ loess deposits ⓘ morainic ridges ⓘ radiocarbon-dated organic material in glacial sediments ⓘ
exposedFeature	Bering land bridge between Siberia and Alaska ⓘ
followedBy	Holocene ⓘ surface form: Holocene epoch Holocene interglacial ⓘ
geologicTimeScaleSeries	Pleistocene epoch ⓘ surface form: Pleistocene
geologicTimeScaleSystem	Quaternary period ⓘ surface form: Quaternary
influenced	distribution of Pleistocene megafauna in North America ⓘ migration routes of humans into the Americas ⓘ
lastGlacialMaximumApproximate	about 21,000 years ago ⓘ
lastMajorAdvanceOf	Cordilleran Ice Sheet ⓘ Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) ⓘ Laurentide Ice Sheet in North America ⓘ surface form: Laurentide Ice Sheet
maximumIceExtentReached	Last Glacial Maximum ⓘ
modified	Mississippi River basin ⓘ surface form: Mississippi River drainage Saint Lawrence River ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence River drainage drainage systems of central North America ⓘ
namedAfter	Wisconsin ⓘ surface form: U.S. state of Wisconsin
nameProposedBy	geologists of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey ⓘ
partOf	Pleistocene epoch ⓘ surface form: Late Pleistocene
precededBy	Wisconsin glaciation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sangamon interglacial
resultedIn	ongoing postglacial isostatic rebound ⓘ
seaLevelChangeAtMaximum	global sea level about 120 meters lower than present ⓘ
southernIceMarginApproximate	Cape Cod ⓘ Long Island ⓘ Missouri River floodplain ⓘ surface form: Missouri River valley Nantucket ⓘ Ohio Valley region ⓘ surface form: Ohio River valley
startApproximate	about 75,000 years ago ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Niagara Falls → formedBy → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ

Baltic Ice Lake → formedDuring → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weichselian glaciation

Littorina Sea → formedAfter → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Weichselian glaciation

Wisconsin glaciation → alsoKnownAs → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wisconsinan glaciation

Wisconsin glaciation → chronostratigraphicUnit → Wisconsin glaciation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wisconsinan Stage

Wisconsin glaciation → precededBy → Wisconsin glaciation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sangamon interglacial

Missoula floods → timePeriod → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Late Wisconsin glaciation

Wisconsin Stage → hasAlternativeName → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wisconsin Glaciation

Wisconsin Stage → hasAlternativeName → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wisconsinan Glaciation

Wisconsin Stage → hasAlternativeName → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wisconsinan Stage

Würm glaciation → correspondsTo → Wisconsin glaciation ⓘ