Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
Results demonstrating an abrupt change in the rate and character of sedimentation in the South China Sea at the close of the last glacial period are presented. Radiocarbon dating and its position in the oxygen isotope shift suggest that this change may be coincident with the abrupt change in climatic conditions seen at high latitudes in the North Atlantic and the Antarctic at 13 kyr BP. These results support the contention that a major global climatic change occurred between 14 and 13 kyr BP.
Keywords:
GEOPHYSICS
Type:
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836); 333; 156-158
Format:
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