@article{Young:2012:10.1126/science.1222759,
author = {Young, NE and Briner, JP and Rood, DH and Finkel, RC},
doi = {10.1126/science.1222759},
journal = {Science},
pages = {1330--1333},
title = {Glacier extent during the Younger Dryas and 8.2-ka event on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1222759},
volume = {337},
year = {2012}
}

Download

TY  - JOUR
AB  - Greenland ice cores reveal that mean annual temperatures during the Younger Dryas (YD) cold interval - about 12.9 to 11.7 thousand years ago (ka) - and the ∼150-year-long cold reversal that occurred 8.2 thousand years ago were ∼15° and 3° to 4°C colder than today, respectively. Reconstructing ice-sheet response to these climate perturbations can help evaluate ice-sheet sensitivity to climate change. Here, we report the widespread advance of Laurentide Ice Sheet outlet glaciers and independent mountain glaciers on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada, in response to the 8.2-ka event and show that mountain glaciers during the 8.2-ka event were larger than their YD predecessors. In contrast to the wintertime bias of YD cooling, we suggest that cooling during the 8.2-ka event was more evenly distributed across the seasons.
AU  - Young,NE
AU  - Briner,JP
AU  - Rood,DH
AU  - Finkel,RC
DO  - 10.1126/science.1222759
EP  - 1333
PY  - 2012///
SN  - 0036-8075
SP  - 1330
TI  - Glacier extent during the Younger Dryas and 8.2-ka event on Baffin Island, Arctic Canada
T2  - Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1222759
VL  - 337
ER  - 

Download