Climate change in the circum-North Atlantic region during the last deglaciation.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Overpeck, J.T.; Peterson, L.C.
- Source
- Nature. 4/13/1989, Vol. 338 Issue 6216, p553. 5p. 8 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 2 Graphs.
- Subject
- *PLEISTOCENE stratigraphic geology
- Language
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
Reports on palaeoclimate data that indicates both the high- and low-latitude North Atlantic regions were characterized by at least three synchronous periods of abrupt climate change during the last glacial-to-interglacial transition. Milankovitch forcing; Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico regions; Observed versus simulated palaeoclimatic change.