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Shemesh and Peteet 1998

Shemesh, A., and D. Peteet, 1998: Oxygen isotopes in fresh water biogenic opal — Northeastern US Alleröd-Younger Dryas temperature shift. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1935-1938, doi:10.1029/98GL01443.

The first oxygen isotope analysis of biogenic opal from lake sediments, from the Alleröd/Younger Dryas transition in a core from Linsley Pond, Connecticut, gives an average estimate of a 6°C drop in temperature during the Younger Dryas. This shift represents temperatures during the bloom season, and may be less than the winter temperature drop. The sharp transition itself, with a duration of about 200 years, suggests that the tmperature decrease may have been as large as 12°C. Previous estimates of the Alleröd/Younger Dryas temperature shifts are controversial, and range from 3-20°C, suggesting that further interdisciplinary research on the same samples is warranted.

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@article{sh07000g,
  author={Shemesh, A. and Peteet, D.},
  title={Oxygen isotopes in fresh water biogenic opal — Northeastern US Alleröd-Younger Dryas temperature shift},
  year={1998},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  volume={25},
  pages={1935--1938},
  doi={10.1029/98GL01443},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - sh07000g
AU  - Shemesh, A.
AU  - Peteet, D.
PY  - 1998
TI  - Oxygen isotopes in fresh water biogenic opal — Northeastern US Alleröd-Younger Dryas temperature shift
JA  - Geophys. Res. Lett.
JO  - Geophysical Research Letters
VL  - 25
SP  - 1935
EP  - 1938
DO  - 10.1029/98GL01443
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