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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-10-01
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Series: | Quaternary Science Advances |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666033423000515 |