The magnitude and source of meltwater forcing of the 8.2 ka climate event constrained by relative sea-level data from eastern Scotland

The 8.2 ka climate event is the most significant North Atlantic cooling event during the Holocene. Freshwater pulses from the melting Laurentide Ice Sheet draining into the North Atlantic Ocean are commonly thought to be its cause by perturbing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. The ti...

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Main Authors: Graham Rush, Ed Garrett, Mark D. Bateman, Grant R. Bigg, Fiona D. Hibbert, David E. Smith, W. Roland Gehrels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Quaternary Science Advances
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000515