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Svante Björck

Svante Björck

Professor emeritus

Svante Björck

Younger Dryas oscillation, global evidence

Author

  • Svante Björck

Editor

  • Scott Elias

Summary, in English

The research history of the Younger Dryas oscillation is briefly described. Different Younger Dryas archives are presented and the methods by which the event is dated are discussed. Possible mechanisms behind the oscillation, its presence in northern and southern Hemisphere records and its possible role within a bi-polar seesaw climatic pattern are discussed.

Department/s

  • Quaternary Sciences

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

1987-1994

Publication/Series

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Volume

3

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Geology

Keywords

  • Bi-polar seesaw
  • ice cores
  • lacustrine sediments
  • late-glacial
  • moraines
  • marine sediments
  • North Atlantic
  • paleoclimate
  • speloethems
  • loess
  • Younger Dryas
  • thermohaline circulation
  • radiocarbon dating
  • glacial melt-water

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-0-444-51919-1