Testing the northern route for Younger Dryas meltwater, in the Beaufort Sea, based on the second cruise of USCG icebreaker Healy in 2013.

• Main Authors: Lloyd Keigwin, Neal Driscoll
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2018
• Subjects: piston core; foraminifera; oxygen isotopes; deglaciation; meltwater; Mackenzie River; Younger Dryas; radiocarbon; Canada; Kennett; Shackleton; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie river; Nordic Seas; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:a2989644-3b3c-4e2f-8198-4957af42c940

This NSF funded project was dedicated to testing the idea that the Younger Dryas cold epoch (~13,000 to ~12700 years Before Present) was caused by a massive flood of fresh water via Mackenzie River to the eastern Beaufort Sea. It was noted in a 1975 paper in Science by Kennett and Shackleton that th...