Sediment core showing change in sediment composition from the LGM to the Holocene

Sediment chemistry in the North Pacific varies dramatically from the last glacial maximum (LGM, CaCO3 rich) through the deglaciation to the Holocene (CaCO3 poor). How does this change in inorganic carbon burial relate to the global carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2?

(K. Costa)

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