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Title: Dust: A diagnostic of the hydrologic cycle during the last glacial maximum

Journal Article · · Science
 [1]; ; ;  [2]
  1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (United States)
  2. Institute of Earth Sciences, Taiwan (China)

Dust concentrations in ice of the last glacial maximum (LGM) are high in ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica. The magnitude of the enhancements can be explained if the strength of the hydrologic cycle during the LGM was about half of that at present. This notion is consistent with a large decrease (5{degrees}C) in ocean temperature during the LGM, as recently deduced from measurements of strontium and calcium in corals. 24 refs., 1 fig.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
377243
Journal Information:
Science, Vol. 271, Issue 5251; Other Information: PBD: 16 Feb 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English