interstadials
Interstadials are relatively warm periods that interrupt glacial phases within Earth's Quaternary ice ages. They are shorter than interglacials and cooler than full interglacial periods. In the last glacial cycle, for example, the climate swung between stadials (colder intervals) and interstadials (warmer intervals), with interstadials lasting from centuries to several thousand years.
Evidence comes from ice cores, marine and terrestrial records. In Greenland ice cores, interstadials appear as
Most interstadials are linked to variability in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and consequently shifts in
Examples include the Bølling-Allerød interstadial in the late Pleistocene, a prominent warm interval just before the