Laurentide Ice Sheet Meltwater Recorded in Gulf of Mexico Deep-Sea Cores

Oxygen isotopic measurements in three Late Quaternary deep-sea cores from the Gulf of Mexico record a major anomaly between about 15,000 and 12,000 years ago superimposed on a more characteristic oceanic oxygen isotopic curve. This resulted from major influx of isotopically light glacial meltwater v...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Kennett, James P., Shackleton, N. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1975
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.188.4184.147
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.188.4184.147
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Summary:Oxygen isotopic measurements in three Late Quaternary deep-sea cores from the Gulf of Mexico record a major anomaly between about 15,000 and 12,000 years ago superimposed on a more characteristic oceanic oxygen isotopic curve. This resulted from major influx of isotopically light glacial meltwater via the Mississippi River from the disintegrating Late Wisconsin Laurentide Ice Sheet 2000 kilometers to the north.

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