Deglacial to Holocene variability in surface water characteristics and major floods in the Beaufort Sea

The Beaufort Sea was nearly ice-free during the transition from the last deglacial to the Holocene, a period in which two episodes of high sediment flux suggest major glacial flood events, according to high-resolution multi-proxy biomarker records.

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Main Authors: Junjie Wu, Ruediger Stein, Kirsten Fahl, Nicole Syring, Seung-Il Nam, Jens Hefter, Gesine Mollenhauer, Walter Geibert
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c66faf270d504662ac499d59ed9b8cf8
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Summary:The Beaufort Sea was nearly ice-free during the transition from the last deglacial to the Holocene, a period in which two episodes of high sediment flux suggest major glacial flood events, according to high-resolution multi-proxy biomarker records.