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Science 20 June 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5320, pp. 1834 - 1836
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5320.1834
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Abrupt Early to Mid-Holocene Climatic Transition Registered at the Equator and the Poles

J. C. Stager, * P. A. Mayewski

Paleoclimatic records from equatorial East Africa, Antarctica, and Greenland reveal that atmospheric circulation changed abruptly at the early to mid-Holocene transition to full postglacial conditions. A climatic reorganization occurred at all three sites between 8200 and 7800 years ago that lasted 200 years or less and appears to have been related to abrupt transitions in both marine and terrestrial records around the world.

Climate Change Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed at Math/Science Division, Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY 12970, USA. E-mail: stagerj{at}paulsmiths.edu

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