An iceberg drift and decay model to compute the ice-rafted debris and iceberg meltwater flux: Application to the interglacial North Atlantic

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 729-742

  Matsumoto, Katsumi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFT/DECAY MODEL; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ICEBERG DRIFT; ICEBERGS; INTERGLACIAL; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; MELTWATER FLUX; OCEANIC FLOW FIELD; OCENAIC FLOW FIELD; PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030438348     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA02712     Document Type: Article

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