Av. Karnaukhov et Vn. Karnaukhov, Relaxation theory of glaciation in the Northern hemisphere. Will climate warming accelerate the start of a new glacier period?, BIOFIZIKA, 44(4), 1999, pp. 750-761
Processes of the latest glacier period and Holocene in Eurasia were conside
red with allowance for data on annual layer thickness in the glacier cover
of Greenland during the last 17 thousand years based on the theory of perio
dic glaciations in the Northern hemisphere. The theory relates the onset of
those cooling to the sharp changes in current patterns of the North Atlant
ic caused by freshening of the Arctic Ocean waters by the inflow of Norther
n rivers, primarily, the Siberian ones, Ob', Yenisei, and Lena. The influen
ce of several anthropogenic factors on the time required for the onset/of t
he current/next glacier period was analyzed. The conclusion was made that t
he global climate warming currently observed may shorten the time interval
before the onset of a new glacier period.