Younger Dryas cold period

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Younger_Dryas_cold_period
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf climatic event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Younger_Dryas
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:duration about 1,200 years
gptkbp:effect megafauna extinction
human populations
vegetation changes
gptkbp:endDate approximately 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:evidence gptkb:Greenland_ice_cores
lake sediments
pollen records
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Holocene_epoch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Younger Dryas cold period
gptkbp:location gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Dryas_octopetala
gptkbp:notableFor abrupt climate change
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Late_Pleistocene
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Bølling–Allerød_interstadial
gptkbp:significance marks end of Pleistocene
gptkbp:startDate approximately 12,900 years ago
gptkbp:temperature significant cooling
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lake_Agassiz
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6