Deglacial to Holocene variability in surface water characteristics and major floods in the Beaufort Sea

The Beaufort Sea was nearly ice-free during the transition from the last deglacial to the Holocene, a period in which two episodes of high sediment flux suggest major glacial flood events, according to high-resolution multi-proxy biomarker records.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Junjie Wu, Ruediger Stein, Kirsten Fahl, Nicole Syring, Seung-Il Nam, Jens Hefter, Gesine Mollenhauer, Walter Geibert
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
Subjects:
Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Beaufort Sea
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00028-z
https://doaj.org/article/c66faf270d504662ac499d59ed9b8cf8
Description
Summary:The Beaufort Sea was nearly ice-free during the transition from the last deglacial to the Holocene, a period in which two episodes of high sediment flux suggest major glacial flood events, according to high-resolution multi-proxy biomarker records.

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