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The Last Glacial Maximum

Overview of attention for article published in Science, August 2009
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Title
The Last Glacial Maximum
Published in
Science, August 2009
DOI 10.1126/science.1172873
Pubmed ID
Authors

Peter U. Clark, Arthur S. Dyke, Jeremy D. Shakun, Anders E. Carlson, Jorie Clark, Barbara Wohlfarth, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Steven W. Hostetler, A. Marshall McCabe

Abstract

We used 5704 14C, 10Be, and 3He ages that span the interval from 10,000 to 50,000 years ago (10 to 50 ka) to constrain the timing of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in terms of global ice-sheet and mountain-glacier extent. Growth of the ice sheets to their maximum positions occurred between 33.0 and 26.5 ka in response to climate forcing from decreases in northern summer insolation, tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures, and atmospheric CO2. Nearly all ice sheets were at their LGM positions from 26.5 ka to 19 to 20 ka, corresponding to minima in these forcings. The onset of Northern Hemisphere deglaciation 19 to 20 ka was induced by an increase in northern summer insolation, providing the source for an abrupt rise in sea level. The onset of deglaciation of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet occurred between 14 and 15 ka, consistent with evidence that this was the primary source for an abrupt rise in sea level approximately 14.5 ka.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 30 1%
United Kingdom 11 <1%
Canada 9 <1%
Germany 7 <1%
Brazil 6 <1%
Portugal 5 <1%
Chile 4 <1%
France 3 <1%
Switzerland 3 <1%
Other 44 2%
Unknown 2359 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 598 24%
Researcher 393 16%
Student > Master 339 14%
Student > Bachelor 268 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 111 4%
Other 410 17%
Unknown 362 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 998 40%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 443 18%
Environmental Science 268 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 102 4%
Arts and Humanities 71 3%
Other 160 6%
Unknown 439 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 219. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 November 2023.
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#169,209
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Outputs from Science
#4,975
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Outputs of similar age
#373
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Outputs of similar age from Science
#7
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