On the origin and timing of rapid changes in atmospheric methane during the Last Glacial Period

• Main Authors: Brook, Edward J., Harder, Susan, Severinghaus, Jeff, Steig, Eric J., Sucher, Cara M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Greenland; Taylor Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica; Greenland Ice Sheet Project; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/dj52w633k

We present high resolution records of atmospheric methane from the GISP2 (Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2) ice core for four rapid climate transitions that occurred during the past 50 ka: the end of the Younger Dryas at 11.8 ka, the beginning of the Bølling-Allerød period at 14.8 ka, the beginning of...