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The new North American Varve Chronology: A precise record of southeastern Laurentide Ice Sheet deglaciation and climate, 18.2-12.5 kyr BP, and correlations with Greenland ice core records
John C. Ridge, Greg Balco, Robert L. Bayless, Catherine C. Beck, Laura B. Carter, Jody L. Dean, Emily B. Voytek and Jeremy H. Wei
American Journal of Science September 2012, 312 (7) 685-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/07.2012.01
John C. Ridge
* Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Greg Balco
** Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California 94709
Robert L. Bayless
*** Continental Resources, PO Box 269000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73126
Catherine C. Beck
§ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08854
Laura B. Carter
§§ School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Rd., Bristol, United Kingdom BS8 1RJ
Jody L. Dean
* Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Emily B. Voytek
§§§ Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812
Jeremy H. Wei
‡ Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9297

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American Journal of Science
Vol. 312, Issue 7
1 Sep 2012
The new North American Varve Chronology: A precise record of southeastern Laurentide Ice Sheet deglaciation and climate, 18.2-12.5 kyr BP, and correlations with Greenland ice core records
John C. Ridge, Greg Balco, Robert L. Bayless, Catherine C. Beck, Laura B. Carter, Jody L. Dean, Emily B. Voytek, Jeremy H. Wei
American Journal of Science Sep 2012, 312 (7) 685-722; DOI: 10.2475/07.2012.01
The new North American Varve Chronology: A precise record of southeastern Laurentide Ice Sheet deglaciation and climate, 18.2-12.5 kyr BP, and correlations with Greenland ice core records
John C. Ridge, Greg Balco, Robert L. Bayless, Catherine C. Beck, Laura B. Carter, Jody L. Dean, Emily B. Voytek, Jeremy H. Wei
American Journal of Science Sep 2012, 312 (7) 685-722; DOI: 10.2475/07.2012.01
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- Abstract
- INTRODUCTION
- ANTEVS' NEW ENGLAND VARVE CHRONOLOGY (NEVC)
- METHODS
- CRITERIA FOR VARVE RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT
- FORMULATING THE NAVC
- CALIBRATION OF THE NAVC
- NEW ENGLAND'S DEGLACIATION CHRONOLOGY VS. THE NAVC
- THE NAVC AS A CLIMATE RECORD
- THE NAVC-GREENLAND COMPARISON
- DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSIONS
- DEDICATION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- APPENDIX
- Footnotes
- REFERENCES
- Figures & Data
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- References
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