Latest Pleistocene Increase in Wind Intensity Recorded in Eolian Sediments from Central Alaska
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Quaternary Research
- Vol. 34 (2), 160-168
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(90)90028-j
Abstract
A brief increase in wind intensity between ca. 11,100 and 10,700 yr B.P. is recorded by a sharp increase in sediment grain size at eolian sections along the Nenana River in central Alaska. This occurred at the same time as the Younger Dryas climatic reversal in northern Europe and an increase in the vigor of atmospheric circulation recorded by Greenland ice cores. Climatic fluctuations in high latitude areas during Younger Dryas time may reflect variations in the CO2 content of the atmosphere.Keywords
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