Rapid sea level rise and ice sheet response to 8,200-year climate event

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Cronin, T. M., Vogt, P. R., Willard, D. A., Thunell, R., Halka, J., Berke, M., Pohlman, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2007
• Subjects: sea level rise; Holocene; 8.2 ka event; Antarctic; Glacial Lake; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00235/34644/33009.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031318; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00235/34644/

The largest abrupt climatic reversal of the Holocene interglacial, the cooling event 8.6 - 8.2 thousand years ago (ka), was probably caused by catastrophic release of glacial Lake Agassiz-Ojibway, which slowed Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and cooled global climate. Geophysical...