c. 12900 BC–c. 9700 BC
Younger Dryas
Climate & environment · Paleoclima · Cambios abruptos · Proxies climáticos
The Younger Dryas was an abrupt return to colder conditions, especially visible in many North Atlantic records, before the beginning of the Holocene. Synchrony, magnitude, and mechanisms were not expressed the same way across the planet; this entry does not by itself attribute social or cultural changes to the episode.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
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Sources
- stratigraphy.org (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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