Younger Dryas cold event

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The Younger Dryas cold event was a brief, abrupt return to near-glacial conditions about 12,900–11,700 years ago that interrupted the general warming trend at the end of the last Ice Age.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Younger Dryas	2
Younger Dryas termination	1

Referenced by (4)

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Quaternary period → contains → Younger Dryas cold event ⓘ

8.2 kiloyear event → follows → Younger Dryas cold event ⓘ

this entity surface form: Younger Dryas termination

Greenlandian → follows → Younger Dryas cold event ⓘ

this entity surface form: Younger Dryas

Holocene climatic optimum → follows → Younger Dryas cold event ⓘ

this entity surface form: Younger Dryas