Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar ages for a Churchill province source of ice-rafted amphiboles in Heinrich layer 2

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 142, 1996, Pages 440-446

  Gwiazda, Roberto H ^a,c   Hemming, Sidney R ^a   Broecker, Wallace S ^a   Onsttot, Tullis ^b   Mueller, Chris ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ARGON/ARGON DATING; CALVING; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE RAFT DEBRIS; ICEBERG DISCHARGE;

EID: 0030372497     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000003427     Document Type: Article

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