The variability of holocene climate change: Evidence from varved lake sediments
January 1, 1984
Varved sediments from a lake near the present forest-prairie border in northwestern Minnesota provide an annual record of climate change for the last 10,400 years. Climate-sensitive mineral, chemical, and biological components show that the mid-Holocene dry interval between 8500 and 4000 years ago is asymmetrical and actually consists of two distinct drier pulses separated by a moister interval that lasted about 600 years. Cyclic fluctuations with periods of several hundred years were abrupt and persistent throughout the Holocene and are most clearly recorded within the two drier pulses.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Title | The variability of holocene climate change: Evidence from varved lake sediments |
| Authors | W.E. Dean, J.P. Bradbury, R.Y. Anderson, C.W. Barnosky |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Science |
| Index ID | 70012787 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |