Stadials and interstadials are phases dividing the Quaternary period, or the last 2.6 million years.
For a period to be considered an interglacial, it changes from Arctic through sub-Arctic to boreal to temperate conditions and back again.
[2] The Oldest, Older, and Younger Dryas are three stadials that occurred during the warming since the Last Glacial Maximum.
[3] Referred to as the Dansgaard–Oeschger event, they have been extensively studied, and in their northern European contexts are sometimes named after towns, such as the Brorup, the Odderade, the Oerel, the Glinde, the Hengelo, or the Denekamp.
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