Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics

H Cheng, H Zhang, C Spötl, J Baker… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The Younger Dryas (YD), arguably the most widely studied millennial-scale extreme climate
event, was characterized by diverse hydroclimate shifts globally and severe cooling at high …

Extraordinary biomass-burning episode and impact winter triggered by the Younger Dryas cosmic impact∼ 12,800 years ago. 2. Lake, marine, and terrestrial …

WS Wolbach, JP Ballard, PA Mayewski… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.uchicago.edu
Part 1 of this study investigated evidence of biomass burning in global ice records, and here
we continue to test the hypothesis that an impact event at the Younger Dryas boundary …

Multiple causes of the Younger Dryas cold period

H Renssen, A Mairesse, H Goosse, P Mathiot… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Younger Dryas cooling event disrupted the overall warming trend in the North
Atlantic region during the last deglaciation,,,,,. Climate change during the Younger Dryas …

The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis: review of the impact evidence

MB Sweatman - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Firestone et al., 2007, PNAS 104 (41): 16,016–16,021, proposed that a major
cosmic impact, circa 10,835 cal. BCE, triggered the Younger Dryas (YD) climate shift along …

Atmospheric circulation over Europe during the Younger Dryas

BR Rea, R Pellitero, M Spagnolo, P Hughes… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The Younger Dryas (YD) was a period of rapid climate cooling that occurred at the end of the
last glaciation. Here, we present the first palaeoglacier-derived reconstruction of YD …

A global perspective on Last Glacial Maximum to Holocene climate change

JD Shakun, AE Carlson - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
While the abrupt climate events of the last deglaciation are well defined in ice core records
from the polar regions of both hemispheres, their manifestation elsewhere is less well …

Volcanic ash reveals time-transgressive abrupt climate change during the Younger Dryas

CS Lane, A Brauer, SPE Blockley, P Dulski - Geology, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Knowledge of regional variations in response to abrupt climatic transitions is
essential to understanding the climate system and anticipating future changes. Global …

Putting the Younger Dryas cold event into context

WS Broecker, GH Denton, RL Edwards… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Younger Dryas event is by far the best studied of the millennial-scale cold snaps of
glacial time. Yet its origin remains a subject of debate. The long-held scenario that the …

Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event in northern China

ZB Ma, H Cheng, M Tan, RL Edwards, HC Li… - Quaternary Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
A high-resolution and absolute-dated stalagmite record from Kulishu Cave, Beijing
characterizes Asian Monsoon (AM) history in northern China between ca 14 and 10.5 ka BP …

Episode of strengthened summer monsoon climate of Younger Dryas age on the Loess Plateau of central China

A Zhisheng, SC Porter, Z Weijian, L Yanchou… - Quaternary …, 1993 - Elsevier
The Baxie loess section, just east of the Tibetan Plateau, contains evidence showing that the
Asian monsoon climate experienced an abrupt reversal near the end of the last glacial age …