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Table 10 Number of studies per period and conditions. The Hydroclimate column describes the most common condition. Average duration is estimated in thousand years

From: The response of the hydrological cycle to temperature changes in recent and distant climatic history

Period

Duration (ky)

Studies

Warm

Cold

Dry

Wet

Hydroclimate

MMCO

2500

40

49

0

22

39

Warm and wet

MIS-5e

14

32

12

2

7

21

Warm and wet

LGM

15

30

0

13

20

5

Cold and dry

D–O events

0.8

15

5

0

0

12

Warm and wet

H-events

1

18

1

13

17

10

Cold and dry

Bølling–Allerød

2

22

7

1

3

15

Warm and wet

Younger Dryas

1.3

35

3

12

14

17

Cold

The 8.2 ka event

0.16

13

0

16

6

6

Cold

MCA

0.4

28

11

0

24

10

Warm and dry

LIA

0.5

36

9

15

16

25

Cold and wet