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younger dryas: The Younger Dryas is a geological period between approximately 12,900 and 11,700 years ago. It was characterized by a sudden return to near-glacial conditions after a long period of warmer climate. This period is named after a tundra wildflower called Dryas octopetala, which flourished during this time
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  • The last stage of the Pleistocene epoch, lasting from circa 12,900 to 11,700 years BP.

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The most dramatic of these periods of cooling is known as the Younger Dryas.
The era was named the Younger Dryas for a plant that proliferated during that cold period.
Shortly before the close of the Younger Dryas c.
This is the Younger Dryas cold period.
Right here is the end of the Younger Dryas.
The Younger Dryas and the beginning of agriculture.
An ultimate deflation phase is imputed to the Younger Dryas.
Younger Dryas ice.
This event is lining up with so called Younger Dryas c.
Younger Dryas comet.
One hypothesis for the cataclysm of the Younger Dryas.
Younger Dryas event.
This date precisely corresponds to the beginning of the Younger Dryas.
They provide evidence for the Younger Dryas event in northeastern North America.
Other lines of evidence also suggest Hiawatha could be the Younger Dryas impact.

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The end of the Younger Dryas is the official start of the current Holocene Epoch.
The last glacial period ends with the cold Younger Dryas substage.
Years ago, the Younger Dryas was a period of sudden cooling and return to glacial conditions.
A climatic event we call the Younger Dryas.
Humans of the Younger Dryas were hunter-gatherers.
This period was known as the Younger Dryas.
The Younger Dryas event, notably its sudden end.
This occurred during the Younger Dryas period.
In northern Scotland, the glaciers were thicker and more extensive than during the Younger Dryas.
Minimal geological methane emissions during the Younger Dryas - Preboreal abrupt warming event.
This Neolithic Revolution has been linked to the cold period known as the Younger Dryas.
Based on Greenland ice core data, the Younger Dryas began and ended very abruptly.
It may have also caused increased climate variability, including the Younger Dryas event.
Conversely, the Younger Dryas shows a higher activity of the MOW.
Magnetic microspherule found in the Younger Dryas boundary.
By 9500 BCE the Younger Dryas suddenly ended and warmer temperatures returned.
DT, You mentioned two obvious cataclysmic events - the dinosaur extinction and the Younger Dryas events.
Minimal geologic methane emissions during Younger Dryas - Preboreal abrupt warming event.
In two previous articles, I proposed explanations for the events that triggered the Younger Dryas.
In Western Europe and Greenland, the Younger Dryas is a well-defined synchronous cool period.
Yellow dots, places were evidence has been found for the Younger Dryas ( YD ).
Conversely, Middle Pleniglacial and Younger Dryas wind regimes reflect a general deflation during the winter.
Beetles younger than 10 800 BP responded to climatic deterioration during the Younger Dryas.
Two major dry fluctuations occurred ; during the Younger Dryas and the short 8.2 kiloyear event.
And it has become the ' Flagship ', so to speak, of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis.
This is a follow up posting to Younger Dryas - The Rest of the Story!
Global effects = = In western Europe and Greenland, the Younger Dryas is a well-defined synchronous cool period.

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