Did changes in late Last Glacial and early Holocene atmospheric CO2 concentrations control rates of tufa precipitation?

Gases trapped within Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland ice-cores document a dramatic increase in atmospheric CO 2 levels (by almost 100%) in the period between the last glacial maximum and the late Holocene. The authors note an apparent correlation between increases in levels of atmospheric CO 2 durin...

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Published in:The Holocene
Main Authors: Griffiths, Huw I., Pedley, H. Martyn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1995
Subjects:
Antarc*
Antarctic
Greenland
Greenland ice cores
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500212
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369500500212
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Summary:Gases trapped within Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland ice-cores document a dramatic increase in atmospheric CO 2 levels (by almost 100%) in the period between the last glacial maximum and the late Holocene. The authors note an apparent correlation between increases in levels of atmospheric CO 2 during this period and an episode of mass deposition of freshwater carbonate tufas and travertines. As changes in atmospheric CO 2 levels are likely to affect carbonate deposition (Tucker and Wright, 1990), we propose the hypothesis that a relationship exists between increasing atmospheric CO 2 levels and tufa deposition.

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