A 17,000-year glacio-eustatic sea level record
Permanent Link:

Material Information

Title:
A 17,000-year glacio-eustatic sea level record influence of glacial melting rates on the Younger Dryas event and deep-ocean circulation
Series Title:
Nature Magazine Volume 342
Creator:
Fairbanks, Richard G.
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Publication Date:
Language:
English

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Climatic changes ( lcsh )
Sea level ( lcsh )
Coral reefs and islands ( lcsh )
Barbados ( lcsh )

Notes

Abstract:
Coral reefs drilled offshore of Barbados provide the first continuous and detailed record of sea level change during the last deglaciation. The sea level was 121 ± 5 metres below present level during the last glacial maximum. The deglacial sea level rise was not monotonic; rather, it was marked by two intervals of rapid rise. Varying rates of melt-water discharge to the North Atlantic surface ocean dramatically affected North Atlantic deep-water production and oceanic oxygen isotope chemistry. A global oxygen isotope record for ocean water has been calculated from the Barbados sea level curve, allowing separation of the ice volume component common to all oxygen isotope records measured in deep-sea cores. ( English )

Record Information

Source Institution:
Florida International University
Rights Management:
Please contact the owning institution for licensing and permissions. It is the user's responsibility to ensure use does not violate any third party rights.

Related Items

Host material:
FULL TEXT

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:
Sea Level Rise