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Table 5 Temperature and precipitation conditions during the Bølling–Allerød interstadial

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

Study site

Hemisphere

Zone

Period

T

P

Citation(s)

N. Hemisphere

NH

L-L

13–12

0

Wet

Knox and Wright (1983)

Maher (2008)

Pausata et al. (2020)

S. & C. America

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

Warm

Wet

Stansell et al. (2010)

Hodell et al. (2008)

Bush et al. (1992)

Hughen et al. (1996)

Equatorial Africa

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

0

Wet

Putnam and Broecker (2017) Tierney and deMenocal (2013)

Arctic

NH

H-L

14.5

Cold

0

Johnsen et al. (1995)

E. Mediterranean

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

0

Dry

Bar-Matthews et al. (1999)

Greece

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

0

Dry

Aufgebauer et al. (2012)

Italy

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

0

Dry

Allen et al. (1999)

W. USA

NH

M-L

13

0

Wet

Benson et al. (1996)

Gale (1914)

Oster et al. (2014)

Aegean Sea

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

Warm

0

Bordon et al. (2009) Kotthoff et al. (2011)

S. Swiss Alps

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

Warm

0

Samartin et al. (2012)

W. Himalayas

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

0

Wet

Sinha et al. (2005)

(Nepal & India)

     

Zech et al. (2014) Zhou et al. (2001)

Lake Maliq, Albania

NH

M-L

14.8–12.85

Warm

0

Bordon et al. (2009) Kotthoff et al. (2011)

  1. NH Northern Hemisphere, SH Southern Hemisphere, H-L High-latitudes, M-L Mid-latitudes, L-L Low-latitudes. Period units are in ka BP and average age uncertainty is ± 1 ka