Was the younger dryas triggered by a flood?

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Broecker, WS [1 ]
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[1] Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
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10.1126/science.1123253
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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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Draining of a huge lake into the Northern Atlantic may have triggered a cold period ∼12,900 years ago. The route taken by the flood waters remains unknown. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,.
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