Older Dryas
Back to Late Pleistocene (129 ka)Representation and status
- Color CMYK
- N/A
- Color RGB
- R: 245 G: 255 B: 245
- Rank
- climato/palynostratigraphy
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- informal term
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Ältere Dryas
- Français
- Dryas moyen (Dryas II)
- English
- Older Dryas
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.
- Historical Variants
- Dryas ancien supérieur (Arn 1978), Ältere Dryas, Mittlere Tundrazeit, Dryas 2
Age
- Age at top
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- Late Pleistocene
- Age at base
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- Late Pleistocene
- Dating Method
- 12000-11800 BP = 11590-11400 av. J.C.