A Speleothem Record of Younger Dryas Cooling, Klamath Mountains, Oregon, USA

• Published in: Quaternary research Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 249 - 256
• Main Authors: Vacco, David A., Clark, Peter U., Mix, Alan C., Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.09.2005; Elsevier Inc; Elsevier
• Subjects: America; Bgi / Prodig; Klamath Mountains; Physical geography; Short Paper; Stalagmite; United States of America; Younger Dryas; Oregon; United States of America; USA, California, Klamath Mts; Stalagmite; Younger Dryas; Klamath Mountains; Cave; Oxygen 18; Quaternary; Isotope analysis; Speleothem; Palaeoclimatology; Carbon; Climatic cooling; Ocean atmosphere interaction

A well-dated δ 18O record in a stalagmite from a cave in the Klamath Mountains, Oregon, with a sampling interval of 50 yr, indicates that the climate of this region cooled essentially synchronously with Younger Dryas climate change elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. The δ 18O record also indicate...