The sea-level fingerprint of the 8.2 ka climate event
@article{Kendall2008TheSF, title={The sea-level fingerprint of the 8.2 ka climate event}, author={Roblyn A. Kendall and Jerry X. Mitrovica and Glenn A. Milne and Torbj{\"o}rn E. T{\"o}rnqvist and Yongxiang Li}, journal={Geology}, year={2008}, volume={36}, pages={423-426} }
The 8.2 ka cooling event was an abrupt, widespread climate instability. There is general consensus that the episode was likely initiated by a catastrophic outflow of proglacial Lakes Agassiz and Ojibway through the Hudson Strait, with subsequent disruption of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. However, the total discharge and flux during the 8.2 ka event remain uncertain. We compute the sea-level signature, or “fingerprint,” associated with the drainage of Lakes Agassiz and…
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