Barents–Kara Ice Sheet
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The Barents–Kara Ice Sheet was a vast Pleistocene ice mass that covered the Barents and Kara seas and adjacent Arctic continental areas during the last ice age.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pleistocene ice sheet
ⓘ
glacial ice mass ⓘ |
| affected |
ocean circulation in the Arctic gateway
ⓘ
paleoclimate of the Eurasian Arctic ⓘ |
| category |
Pleistocene glaciations
ⓘ
Quaternary geology of the Arctic ⓘ |
| covered |
Barents Sea shelf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Franz Josef Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Kara Sea shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ Novaya Zemlya NERFINISHED ⓘ Svalbard region NERFINISHED ⓘ adjacent Arctic continental margin ⓘ parts of northern Russia ⓘ |
| disappearedBy | early Holocene ⓘ |
| evidenceFrom |
multibeam bathymetry
ⓘ
sediment cores ⓘ seismic reflection data ⓘ |
| existedDuring | Last Glacial Maximum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extent | over Barents and Kara seas and adjacent land areas ⓘ |
| formedBy |
glacial accumulation
ⓘ
snowfall and ice compaction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Barents sector
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kara sector ⓘ |
| influenced |
Quaternary sedimentation on the Barents shelf
ⓘ
glacial isostatic adjustment in the Barents Sea region ⓘ relative sea-level changes in the Eurasian Arctic ⓘ |
| leftBehind |
glacial landforms on the Barents Sea floor
ⓘ
moraines ⓘ |
| leftBehind |
glacial lineations
ⓘ
till deposits ⓘ tunnel valleys ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean region
ⓘ
Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Kara Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marginsReached |
continental shelf edge in parts of the Barents Sea
ⓘ
outer Kara Sea shelf in some sectors ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Last Glacial Maximum cryosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British–Irish Ice Sheet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retreatedDuring | late Pleistocene deglaciation ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Quaternary science
ⓘ
glacial geology ⓘ marine geophysics ⓘ |
| temporalExtent | Pleistocene epoch ⓘ |
| thickness | over 1 kilometer in places ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.