Loch Lomond Stadial

Question 1

Stadial

Answer 1

glacial advance

Question 2

Interstadial

Answer 2

glacial retreat

Question 3

What was the last stadial

Answer 3

loch lomond stadial

Question 4

When was the loch lomond stadial

Answer 4

12,500 years ago, temperatures plunged downwards and, by 11,500 years ago, glacial conditions occurred with temperatures 6-7*C lower

Question 5

Possible trigger for loch lomond stadial

Answer 5

Drainage of huge proglacial Lake Agassiz disrupted THC, cutting off poleward heat transport from Gulf Stream

Question 6

THC

Answer 6

Thermohaline circulation