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Lag times for oceanic responses to climatic change

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RECENT studies of deep-sea sediment cores have defined changes in surface water circulation1, in continental ice volume as recorded by oxygen isotope variations in foraminiferal tests2, and in the corrosiveness of near-bottom water to calcium carbonate3,4 during the past million years. These changes are all attributed to the major climatic changes that have occurred during the Quaternary1,2,5,6.

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    NICKLAS G. PISIAS, G. ROSS HEATH & TED C. MOORE JR

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PISIAS, N., HEATH, G. & MOORE, T. Lag times for oceanic responses to climatic change. Nature 256, 716–717 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/256716a0

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