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In the shelf sediments, carbonate abundance increases markedly at 3.5 kcal. BP, and d18O increases from -18.0 to -16.5 per mil at 2.1 kcal. BP, possibly resulting from increased temperature and/or summer precipitation. After 2.1 kcal. BP, d18O fluctuates with an overall decreasing trend to -17.2 per mil at 0.9 kcal. BP. Late-Holocene variations in our d18O record display coherent patterns with regional glacier fluctuations at centennial to millennial scales, suggesting that d18O minima were related to a combination of low temperatures and enhanced winter snowfall. 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