Imaging Laurentide ice sheet drainage into the deep sea: Impact on sediments and bottom water

GSA Today

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3-8

  Hesse, Reinhard ^a,e   Klaucke, Ingo ^a   Ryan, William B F ^b   Edwards, Margo B ^c   Piper, David J W ^d   Khodabakhsh, Saeed ^f   Mayer, Larry A ^f   Boily, J F ^f   Chapman, B ^f   Davis, R B ^f   Erickson, J R ^f   Johnson, D J ^f   Keeley, C ^f   Konyukhov, B ^f   Major, C Olson ^f   Parlee, K ^f   Peslier, A ^f   Renaud, S ^f   Ryan, S ^f   Sender, K L ^f   Sparkes, R ^f   Wagner, K ^f   Won, J S ^f   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; DEEP SEA CHANNEL; DEPOSITION FEATURES; DRAINAGE SYSTEM; ICE CAP; ICE CAPS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SEDIMENT; SONAR IMAGERY;

HUDSON STRAIT; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0030485023     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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