# Broecker 2010: Putting the Younger Dryas cold event into context

> Wallace S. Broecker, George H. Denton, R. Lawrence Edwards et al., 2010. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The mainstream ocean-circulation…

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# Putting the Younger Dryas cold event into context

Wallace S. Broecker, George H. Denton, R. Lawrence Edwards et al., 2010. _Quaternary Science Reviews 29(9–10), 1078–1081_.

Places the Younger Dryas among the repeated abrupt cold events of the last deglaciation linked to changes in the Atlantic overturning circulation, and argues it needs no unique trigger.

**Younger Dryas impact hypothesis** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.019](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.019)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The mainstream ocean-circulation account of the cooling.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Meltwater from the retreating ice sheets weakened the Atlantic overturning circulation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/answers/ANS0D51XMH60RGT/meltwater-from-the-retreating-ice-sheets-weakened-the)

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[The Younger Dryas resembles other abrupt cold events of the last deglaciation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/evidence/EVD0D51XMS078G5/the-younger-dryas-resembles-other-abrupt-cold-events-of-the)

Evidence

EVD

[The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact)

The mystery article

MYS

[What triggered the Younger Dryas cooling?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/younger-dryas-impact/questions/QST0D51X99T2T4C/what-triggered-the-younger-dryas-cooling)

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## Cite it

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Broecker, W. S., Denton, G. H., Edwards, R. L., Cheng, H., Alley, R. B., & Putnam, A. E. (2010). Putting the Younger Dryas cold event into context. Quaternary Science Reviews 29(9–10), 1078–1081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.019
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.019)

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