English Explanatory Dictionary

Bølling-Allerød

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An interstadial period from 14,690 to c. 12,890 years before the present, during the final stages of the Last Glacial Period, and characterized by abrupt warming in the Northern Hemisphere and a corresponding cooling in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as major ice-sheet collapse and sea-level rise.

Word forms

Bølling-Allerød the Bølling-Allerød
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