Climate of the Past www.clim-past.net 1814-9324 1814-9332 4 1 2008 10.5194/cp-4-35-2008 http://www.clim-past.net/4/35/2008/ http://www.clim-past.net/4/35/2008/cp-4-35-2008.html http://www.clim-past.net/4/35/2008/cp-4-35-2008.pdf 35 45 2008-02-29 South Atlantic island record reveals a South Atlantic response to the 8.2 kyr event K. Ljung karl.ljung@geol.lu.se S. Björck H. Renssen D. Hammarlund Geobiosphere Science Centre, Department of Geology, Quaternary Sciences, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands One of the most distinct climate fluctuations during the Holocene is the short and rapid event centred around 8200 years ago, the 8.2 kyr event, which was most likely triggered by glacial melt-water forcing from the receding Laurentide ice-sheet. 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