Younger Dryas

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Big_Freeze
gptkbp:cause gptkb:meltwater_pulse_from_Lake_Agassiz
disruption of North Atlantic thermohaline circulation
extraterrestrial impact hypothesis
gptkbp:characterizedBy sudden return to glacial conditions
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Gerard_de_Geer
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1916
gptkbp:duration ~1,200 years
gptkbp:effect changes in flora and fauna
cooling of Northern Hemisphere
glacial re-advance
possible impact on human populations
gptkbp:endDate c. 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:evidence lake sediments
ice core data
pollen records
gptkbp:followedBy Holocene
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Younger Dryas
gptkbp:location gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Dryas_octopetala
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Bølling-Allerød_interstadial
gptkbp:relatedTo end of Pleistocene
transition to Holocene
gptkbp:significance abrupt climate change
gptkbp:startDate c. 12,900 years ago
gptkbp:studiedIn archaeology
geology
paleoclimatology
gptkbp:temperature drop of 2–6°C in Greenland
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Last_Ice_Age
gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
gptkb:early_Holocene
gptkb:Late_Pleistocene
gptkb:Quaternary_period
gptkb:late_Pleistocene
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6