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The response of deep ocean circulation to major climatic events of the past 135,000 years is inferred using carbon-13 analyses of benthic foraminifera from the major ocean basins. The results demonstrate that the circulation of the world ocean deep water is very sensitive to climate and that it changes drastically during climatic transitions.
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Duplessy, JC., Shackleton, N. Response of global deep-water circulation to Earth's climatic change 135,000–107,000 years ago. Nature 316, 500–507 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/316500a0
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