Linking the 8.2 ka event and its freshwater forcing in the Labrador Sea

• Main Authors: Hoffman, Jeremy S., Carlson, Anders E., Winsor, Kelsey, Klinkhammer, Gary P., LeGrande, Allegra N., Andrews, John T., Strasser, Jeffrey C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Glacial Lake; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/pk02cc18r

The 8.2 ka event was the last deglacial abrupt climate event. A reduction in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) attributed to the drainage of glacial Lake Agassiz may have caused the event, but the freshwater signature of Lake Agassiz discharge has yet to be identified in δ¹⁸O of...