B.L.K. Somayajulu, P. Sharma, A.S. Naidu

Current Science 70 (1996) 1000-1003

The ¹⁰Be/Al ratio in a gravity core from the Arctic ocean is shown to depend on the late Pleistocene palaeoclimate and its variation in turn can be used to obtain the sedimentation rate of the core. In meltwater-dominated regions of limited productivity of the world oceans, ¹⁰Be/Al ratio in stratigraphic samples can serve, like delta ¹⁸O in productive areas, to decipher glacial-interglacial sequences.