MASSIVE ICEBERG DISCHARGES AS TRIGGERS FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE

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BROECKER, WS
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[1] Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964
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10.1038/372421a0
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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
Observations of large and abrupt climate changes recorded in Greenland ice cores have spurred a search for clues to their cause. This search has revealed that at six times during the last glaciation, huge armadas of icebergs launched from Canada spread across the northern Atlantic Ocean, each triggering a climate response of global extent.
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