Stable Isotopic Analysis of Oxygen from Ice Cores Dating to the Holocene

question 27

Multiple Choice

Stable isotopic analysis of oxygen from ice cores dating to the Holocene indicates that:

• A) the last 50 yBP were the coldest period in the last 700,000 yBP.
• B) the last 50 yBP were the warmest period in the last 9,000 yBP.
• C) the last 50,000 yBP have been the warmest on record.
• D) the last 100,000 yBP have been the warmest on record.

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