Circulation changes in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel correlating with cold events during the last glacial period (58–10 ka) Available to Purchase

A core from the margin of the Faeroe-Shetland Channel covering the last glacial period (58–10 ka) reveals a very detailed record of oscillations in benthic and planktic foraminifera, oxygen isotopes, and ice-rafted detritus. The oscillations correlate almost exactly with the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles in the Greenland ice cores, including similar subdivision of the cycles into warmer interstadial and colder stadial sections. The remarkably close agreement between the benthic faunas and their δ¹⁸O data and the record of the ice cores provides new empirical evidence for a close relationship between the deep-ocean circulation and the abrupt climatic changes of the last glacial period.