Was the Younger Dryas Triggered by a Flood?

2006/05/26 by Wallace S. Broecker · 1 voice · 5 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Geological formations and processes #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

paper · doi:10.1126/science.1123253

Abstract

Draining of a huge lake into the Northern Atlantic may have triggered a cold period ~12,900 years ago. The route taken by the flood waters remains unknown.

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• RETRACTED: Shocked quartz at the Younger Dryas onset (12.8 ka) supports cosmic airbursts/impacts contributing to North American megafaunal extinctions and collapse of the Clovis technocomplex
• Thermohaline circulation [wikipedia]

Discussions

• Wally Broecker had an article back in 2006 about Ouimet Canyon and Rabbit Canyon, located in Northern Ontario, which were claimed to be cut in a single flood event from the escape of Lake Agassiz. I a [bsky, 7 points, 0 comments]

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