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J. Warren Beck

Researcher at University of Arizona

Publications -  38
Citations -  21860

J. Warren Beck is an academic researcher from University of Arizona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Younger Dryas & Radiocarbon dating. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 38 publications receiving 21069 citations. Previous affiliations of J. Warren Beck include University of Minnesota.

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Sea-surface temperature from coral skeletal strontium/calcium ratios.

TL;DR: Measurements on a fossil coral indicate that 10,200 years ago mean annual SSTs near Vanuatu in the southwestern Pacific Ocean were about 5�C colder than today and that seasonal variations in SST were larger, suggesting that tropical climate zones were compressed toward the equator during deglaciation.
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A Large Drop in Atmospheric 14C/12C and Reduced Melting in the Younger Dryas, Documented with 230Th Ages of Corals

TL;DR: These measurements satisfy one of the conditions required by the hypothesis that the diversion of meltwater from the Mississippi to the St. Lawrence River triggered the Younger Dryas event, and show that globally averaged rates of melting were relatively high at the beginning of the YD.