EVIDENCE FOR 2-STEP DEGLACIATION AND ITS IMPACT ON NORTH-ATLANTIC DEEP-WATER CIRCULATION

被引:140
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JANSEN, E
VEUM, T
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[1] Department of Geology, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen
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10.1038/343612a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Oxygen and carbon isotope records from benthic and planktonic foraminifera are presented for the past 35,000 years in the northeastern Atlantic. The results support the idea that the last deglaciation took place in two major steps1-4, and conflict with theories calling for a strong reduction in North Atlantic deep-water formation to explain the abrupt cooling of the Younger Dryas cold period5-7. © 1990 Nature Publishing Group.
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