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Geology; November 1998; v. 26; no. 11; p. 1027-1030; DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1027:ROOGCI>2.3.CO;2
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Rapid onset of glacial conditions in the subarctic North Pacific region at 2.67 Ma: Clues to causality

Libby M. Prueher1 and David K. Rea1

1 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1063

North Pacific deep-sea sediments recovered by Ocean Drilling Leg 145 constrain the timing of the late Pliocene major intensification of Northern Hemisphere continental glaciation. A change in sediment character from nonglacial to glacial—specifically, abrupt increases in the amount of terrigenous clastic sediment and ice-rafted debris—occurred all across the North Pacific at about 2.67 Ma. This change occurred very rapidly, perhaps within 2000 yr, too quickly to be a direct response to either tectonic or orbital forcing. As the number and thickness of volcanic ash layers increased 10-fold at this same time, we suggest that rapid intensification of glaciation may be associated with the widespread episode of explosive volcanism that began then.




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