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Table 6 Temperature and precipitation conditions during the Younger Dryas

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)

Global

NH/SH

0

13–11.7

Cold

Dry

Hodell et al. (2008)

Mayewski et al. (1993)

Mayewski and Bender (1995) Fairbanks (1990)

N. Hemisphere

NH

H-L

13–11.7

Cold

0

Gagan et al. (2000)

N. Hemisphere

NH

0

13–11.7

0

Dry

Dahl and Nesje (1992)

Fawcett et al. (1997)

Hughen et al. (2000), Starkel (1991)

Velichko et al. (2002)

Tropics

NH/SH

L-L

13–11.7

Warm

0

Gagan et al. (2000)

Norwegian Sea

NH

H-L

13–11.7

Cold

0

Karpuz and Jansen (1992)

N. America

NH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Dry

Carlson (2013)

(Northern part)

     

Dorale et al. (2010)

N. America

NH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Wet

Grimm et al. (2006)

(Southern part)

     

Voelker et al. (2015) Renssen et al. (2001)

Central & Southern

NH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Wet

Polyak et al. (2004)

N. America

     

Wagner et al. (2010)

N. America (Central)

NH

M-L

13–11.7

Warm

Wet

Renssen (2020)

W. Europe

NH

M-L

13–11.7

Cold

0

Go´slar et al. (1995)

W. Europe

NH

M-L

12–12.2

Warm

Wet

Rach et al. (2014)

Central Europe

NH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Wet

Magny (2001)

Kaiser and Clausen (2005) Weber et al. (2011)

Isarin and Bohncke (1999)

S. Europe

NH

M-L

18–10

0

Wet

Paterne et al. (1999)

N. Tropical Andes

SH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Dry

Stansell et al. (2010)

S. Tropical Andes

SH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Wet

Stansell et al. (2010)

Tropical S. America

SH

L-L

13–11.7

0

Dry

Maslin and Burns (2000)

Bolivia & Peru

SH

L-L

13–11.7

0

Wet

Baker et al. (2001)

Poland

NH

M-L

13–11.7

Cold

0

Go´slar et al. (1995)

Poland

NH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Wet

Rotnicki (1991)

Netherlands

NH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Wet

Bos et al. (2006)

Venezuela

NH

L-L

13–11.7

Cold

Dry

Stansell et al. (2010)

E. Beringia

NH

M-L

13–11.7

Cold

0

Fritz et al. (2012)

N. Scotland

NH

M-L

13–11.7

0

Wet

Lukas and Bradwell (2010)

Aegean Sea

NH

M-L

13–11.7

Cold

0

Kotthoff et al. (2011)

Central Greenland

NH

H-L

13–11.7

Cold

0

Johnsen et al. (1995)

  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 ± 0.5 ka