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SUBMITTER: Bromley GR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4035952 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bromley Gordon R M GR Putnam Aaron E AE Rademaker Kurt M KM Lowell Thomas V TV Schaefer Joerg M JM Hall Brenda B Winckler Gisela G Birkel Sean D SD Borns Harold W HW
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140414 17
The Younger Dryas Stadial (YDS; ∼ 12,900-11,600 y ago) in the Northern Hemisphere is classically defined by abrupt cooling and renewed glaciation during the last glacial-interglacial transition. Although this event involved a global reorganization of atmospheric and oceanic circulation [Denton GH, Alley RB, Comer GC, Broecker WS (2005) Quat Sci Rev 24:1159-1182], the magnitude, seasonality, and geographical footprint of YDS cooling remain unresolved and pose a challenge to our understanding of a ...[more]