spells: the Older Dryas and the Younger Dryas (c. 12,900–11,650 BP). In northern Scotland, the glaciers were thicker and deeper during the Older Dryas than the... 26 KB (3,170 words) - 10:31, 31 December 2023 |
Younger Dryas was the most severe and longest lasting of several interruptions to the warming of the Earth's climate. The end of the Younger Dryas marks... 113 KB (12,577 words) - 03:24, 21 April 2024 |
Dryas octopetala, the mountain avens, eightpetal mountain-avens, white dryas or white dryad, is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae... 9 KB (666 words) - 02:06, 6 February 2024 |
cool temperate climatic interstadial between the glacial Oldest Dryas and Older Dryas stadials, between 14,700 and 14,100 BP, near to the end of the last... 5 KB (535 words) - 15:42, 28 March 2024 |
Look up Dryas or dryas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dryas may refer to: Dryas (plant), a genus of plants Dryas, a monotypic genus of butterflies... 723 bytes (117 words) - 10:12, 23 November 2020 |
Stadial (section Dryas Periods) The Oldest, Older, and Younger Dryas are three stadials that occurred during the warming since the Last Glacial Maximum. The Older Dryas occurred between... 5 KB (600 words) - 17:19, 6 April 2024 |
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) proposes that the onset of the Younger Dryas (YD) cool period (stadial) at the end of the Last Glacial Period... 123 KB (12,740 words) - 18:11, 29 April 2024 |
occurred c.13,900 to 12,900 BP. It was preceded by the Older Dryas and followed by the Younger Dryas cold periods. The Allerød was nearly at the end of the... 6 KB (463 words) - 05:20, 24 August 2023 |
Younger Dryas cold spell. The end of the Younger Dryas has been dated to about 9640 BCE (11,654 calendar years BP). The end of the Younger Dryas is the... 45 KB (4,791 words) - 05:25, 9 April 2024 |
during the colder post-glacial periods, such as the Older Dryas (12,000-10,000 BCE) and the Younger Dryas (8,800-8,300 BCE). Clark, Grahame (1968). Prehistoric... 1 KB (111 words) - 01:43, 20 May 2021 |
Glacial Maximum Mousterian Pluvial Holocene glacial retreat Oldest Dryas Older Dryas Pleistocene Pre-Illinoian Stage Quaternary glaciation Sangamonian... 21 KB (2,236 words) - 13:24, 30 April 2024 |
Bølling–Allerød warming (category Younger Dryas) end of the cold period known as the Oldest Dryas, and ended abruptly with the onset of the Younger Dryas, a cold period that reduced temperatures back... 18 KB (2,003 words) - 20:49, 21 April 2024 |
begins the Bølling-Allerød period (B-S) 12,400–11,500 (much discussed) Older Dryas cold, interrupts warm period for some centuries (B-S) 12,000–11,000 Allerød... 7 KB (311 words) - 05:03, 15 April 2024 |
up, the planet saw several "cold snaps" and "warm snaps", such as the Older Dryas and the Holocene climatic optimum, as well as heavier precipitation.... 53 KB (885 words) - 06:41, 2 April 2024 |
Glacial Maximum Mousterian Pluvial Holocene glacial retreat Oldest Dryas Older Dryas Pleistocene Pre-Illinoian Stage Quaternary glaciation Sangamonian... 7 KB (901 words) - 21:10, 13 March 2024 |
Glacial Maximum Mousterian Pluvial Holocene glacial retreat Oldest Dryas Older Dryas Pleistocene Pre-Illinoian Stage Quaternary glaciation Sangamonian... 12 KB (1,190 words) - 16:39, 30 April 2024 |
Esker (category Articles containing Old Irish (to 900)-language text) railway embankments. The term esker is derived from the Irish word eiscir (Old Irish: escir), which means "ridge or elevation, especially one separating... 13 KB (1,452 words) - 21:36, 26 September 2023 |
layer of sediment, with braided streams formed from the meltwater. Here, old vegetation is buried by the sediment, but new vegetation can still survive... 10 KB (1,214 words) - 19:10, 5 February 2024 |
kettle topography. The word kame is a variant of comb (kame, or kaim is the Old Scottish word for comb), which has the meaning "crest" among others. The... 6 KB (623 words) - 21:28, 26 September 2023 |
Glacial Maximum Mousterian Pluvial Holocene glacial retreat Oldest Dryas Older Dryas Pleistocene Pre-Illinoian Stage Quaternary glaciation Sangamonian... 8 KB (829 words) - 00:19, 21 June 2023 |
Glacial Maximum Mousterian Pluvial Holocene glacial retreat Oldest Dryas Older Dryas Pleistocene Pre-Illinoian Stage Quaternary glaciation Sangamonian... 15 KB (1,736 words) - 06:36, 15 April 2024 |