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May 26, 2006Science

Was the Younger Dryas Triggered by a Flood?

Wallace S. Broecker

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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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Wallace S. Broecker (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a701d8f8031ec7bb1dc1f5a https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1123253

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