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Encyclopedia > Allerød Oscillation

The Allerød Oscillation is the name given to a brief temperature increase towards the end of the last Ice Age in Europe between c. 10,000 and 9,000 years ago. It is named after the type site of Allerød in Sjaeland in Denmark where deposits created during the period were first identified in 1901 by Hartz and Mithers. Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...


It is a substage of the Devensian Late Glacial Period and a similar weather change also took place in North America where it is known as the Two Creeks Interval. It is sometimes called the Windermere Interstadial in Britain, and the Woodgrange Interstadial in Ireland. The Devensian glaciation is a name for an ice age period which occurred between 120,000 and 10,000 years ago. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ...



 

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