Abstract
The δ180 records from Antarctic (Dome C and Byrd) ice cores allow us to Investigate the possible existence of abrupt climatic changes as revealed by Greenland ice cores in the 40 to 10 ky BP time period. At the decade to century time-scale there is no firm conclusion about the presence of rapid climatic changes since seasonal oscillation is not completely averaged out.
At the century to millennium time-scale there are characteristic features of rapid warmings and coolings during the Last Glacial Maximum with a rate of temperature change of about 3°C/ka. This rate is similar to the one observed during the last deglaciation. During this period a significant reversal of the temperature trend is observed, (as already noted for Greenland ice cores) and discussed.
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Jouzel, J., Lorius, C., Merlivat, L., Petit, JR. (1987). Abrupt Climatic Changes: The Antarctic Ice Record during the Late Pleistocene. In: Berger, W.H., Labeyrie, L.D. (eds) Abrupt Climatic Change. NATO ASI Series, vol 216. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3993-6_22
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