[meteorite-list] Cause of Younger Dryas Revisited

[Paul H.]

New pathway proposed for ancient flood (Meltwaters off 
northwestern Canada’s ice sheet would have shut down 
the ocean’s heat circulation 13,000 years ago) by
Erin Wayman, science News, November 5, 2012
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346245/description/New_pathway_proposed_for_ancient_flood

Climate Modeler Identifies Trigger for Earth's 
Last Big Freeze, ScienceDaily, Nov. 5, 2012
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121105151332.htm
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-11/uoma-uac110112.php

Alan Condron identifies trigger for Earth’s last big 
freeze, University of Massachusetts web page
http://www.geo.umass.edu/news/alan-condron-identifies-trigger-earth%E2%80%99s-last-big-freeze

The paper is;

Condron, A., and P. Winsor, 2012, Meltwater routing
and the Younger Dryas. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, 2012; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207381109
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/10/31/1207381109

A related paper is:

Murton, J. B., M. D. Bateman, S. R. Dallimore, J. T. Teller,
and Z. Yang, 2010, Identification of Younger Dryas outburst 
flood path from Lake Agassiz to the Arctic Ocean. 
Nature. vol. 464, no. 7289, pp. 740-743.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7289/abs/nature08954.html

Best wishes,

Paul H.