Table 1.

Median start, end and duration of the 8.2 ka event registered in speleothem records, globally and for the Europe/Mediterranean and Asia regions.

	Magnitude (permil)	Start (years BP)	End (years BP)	Duration (years)
Global	0.5 (0.04)	8223 (12)	8062 (14)	159 (11)
Europe	0.4 (0.05)	8192 (27)	7968 (33)	166 (22)
Asia	0.49 (0.07)	8257 (14)	8081 (16)	163 (15)
Greenland		8247 (47)	8086 (47)	160.5 (5.5)

Standard error associated with each value is given in brackets. For all variables, regional values are insignificant from one another, according to a t test (at P < 0.01). Timing and duration of the 8.2 ka event in Greenland ice core are also shown, with their uncertainty^9,12.