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Probable limits of sea ice extent in the northwestern Subarctic Pacific during the last glacial maximum

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The article summarizes and analyzes published data on the distribution of sea-ice and open-ocean diatoms in 42 cores of bottom sediments from the northwestern part of the Subarctic Pacific that accumulated during the last glacial maximum (LGM). Based on micropaleontological records, the extent of winter sea ice during the LGM could be limited to the Okhotsk and Bering seas. During the warm season, the surface water masses from the open Subarctic Pacific spread widely in the marginal seas.

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Original Russian Text © A.G. Matul, 2017, published in Okeanologiya, 2017, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 774–781.

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Matul, A.G. Probable limits of sea ice extent in the northwestern Subarctic Pacific during the last glacial maximum. Oceanology 57, 700–706 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437017050113

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