Data release for Hydroclimate response of spring ecosystems to a two-stage Younger Dryas event in western North America
May 5, 2022
The Younger Dryas (YD) climate event is the preeminent example of abrupt climate change in the recent geologic past. Climate conditions during the YD were spatially complex, and high-resolution sediment cores in the North Atlantic, western Europe, and East Asia have revealed it unfolded in two distinct stages, including an initial stable climatic period between ~12.9 and 12.2 ka associated with a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and a second phase characterized by variable conditions until 11.7 ka as the AMOC recovered. Decades of investigations into the climate of western North America during the YD have failed to identify this stepped phenomenon. Here we present hydroclimate data from paleospring deposits [...]
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Title | Data release for Hydroclimate response of spring ecosystems to a two-stage Younger Dryas event in western North America |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9U5XSRY |
| Authors | Jeff Pigati, Kathleen B Springer |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center |
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