The Holocene-Younger Dryas Transition Recorded at Summit, Greenland
Analysis of ice from Dye-3, Greenland, has demonstrated that the transition between the Younger Dryas and Holocene climate periods occurred over a 40-year period. A near annually resolved, multiparameter record of the transition recorded in the GISP2 core from Summit, Greenland, shows that most of t...
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University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository
1997
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Online Access: | https://scholars.unh.edu/faculty_pubs/352 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.278.5339.825; https://doi.org/10.1126/science.278.5339.825 |
Summary: | Analysis of ice from Dye-3, Greenland, has demonstrated that the transition between the Younger Dryas and Holocene climate periods occurred over a 40-year period. A near annually resolved, multiparameter record of the transition recorded in the GISP2 core from Summit, Greenland, shows that most of the transition occurred in a series of steps with durations of about 5 years. Some climate proxies associated with mid-latitude sources appear to have changed about 15 years before climate proxies associated with more northern regions. Changes in atmospheric water vapor are likely to have played a large role in the climate transition. |
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