Speculations about the Next Glaciation

1 November 1972

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Quaternary Research

Vol. 2 (3) , 396-398
https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(72)90063-4

Abstract

A spectacular 10‰ drop in the ¹⁸O¹⁶O ratio (δ) in precipitation indicative of rapid cooling occurred at Camp Century, Greenland, 89,500 y.a. The timing is based upon an assumption of δ periodicity being constant in time. Onset of the Wisconsin pleniglacial is reflected by 6‰ δ drop at 73,000 BP. Similar event might have occurred 109,000 y.a., but the core at corresponding depth is missing. Could it also happen today?

Keywords

GREENLAND
SPECTACULAR 10
NEXT GLACIATION
PRECIPITATION
Y.A
IMG HEIGHT
DROP

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Oxygen Isotope Profiles through the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets
Nature, 1972
Mercury in Bryophytes (Moss)
Nature, 1972