Photograph of Leg 169S-1034B-8H5, 121–136 cm. shows the boundary between green, organic rich sediments in the lowermost Holocene of Saanich Inlet (Hole 1034B), and an overlying gray clay layer which may record the beginning of the younger Dryas cooling event roughly 10,600 years ago. Radiocarbon age dates will determine whether or not this is the younger Dryas event.

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