Anomalously mild Younger Dryas summer conditions in southern Greenland

• Main Authors: Björck, Svante, Bennike, O, Rosen, P, Andresen, CS, Bohncke, S, Kaas, E, Conley, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of America 2002
• Subjects: Geology; paleoclimatic proxy records; Southern Greenland; lake sediments; Younger Dryas; Glacial Lake; Greenland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/337617; https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0427:AMYDSC>2.0.CO;2

The first late-glacial lake sediments found in Greenland were analyzed with respect to a variety of environmental variables. The analyzed sequence covers the time span between 14400 and 10500 calendar yr B.P., and the data imply that the conditions in southernmost Greenland during the Younger Dryas...