Younger Dryas
Back to Time ScaleRepresentation and status
- Index
- YD
- 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
- Jüngere Dryas
- Français
- Dryas récent (Dryas III)
- English
- Younger Dryas
- Origin of the Name
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Named after the cold-climate wildflower Dryas octopetala Linnaeus.
- Historical Variants
- Dryas récent (Arn 1978 et 1992), Dryas tardif, Jüngere Dryaszeit, Jüngere Dryas, Jüngere Tundrazeit, Dryas 3
Description
- Description
- chute brutale des températures, recul des forêts (pins sylvestres, bouleaux) et retour de la steppe
Hierarchy and sequence
- Superordinate unit
Age
- Age at top
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- Late Pleistocene
- Age at base
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- Late Pleistocene
- Dating Method
- 12900-11500 BP = 11000-9500 av. J.C.