The catastrophic drainage of glacial Lake Agassiz about 8,500 years ago is linked to abrupt climate change. A layer of sediments deposited during the previous interglacial period suggests that such outburst flooding is not unique to the Holocene epoch.
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Lajeunesse, P. A history of outbursts. Nature Geosci 5, 846–847 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1651
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