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...
Published in: | The Holocene |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
1995
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369500500212 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369500500212 |
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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