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meltwater

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melted snow or ice

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Between meltwater pulse 1A and meltwater pulse 1B, the Younger Dryas was an interval of a significantly reduced rate of sea level rise relative to the periods of time before and after it. Source: Internet

Epishelf lakes An epishelf lake forms when meltwater is trapped behind a floating ice shelf and the freshwater floats on the denser saltwater below. Source: Internet

Others are produced by fans or deltas created by meltwater. Source: Internet

As temperatures rise, sink holes and lakes form and lead to a network of rivers that take the meltwater to the ocean. Source: Internet

In contrast, the Arctic Ocean receives much bigger pulses of freshwater from several large river systems with huge continental drainage basins, in addition to glacial meltwater. Source: Internet

They are commonly called meltwater pulse 1A0 between 19,000 and 19,500 calendar years ago; meltwater pulse 1A between circa 14,600 and 14,300 calendar years ago; and meltwater pulse 1B between circa 11,400 and 11,100 calendar years ago. Source: Internet

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