Origin of the first global meltwater pulse following the last glacial maximum

Paleoceanography

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 563-577

  Clark, Peter U ^a   Alley, Richard B ^b   Keigwin, Lloyd D ^c   Licciardi, Joseph M ^a   Johnsen, Sigfus J ^d,e   Wang, Huaxiao ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLOBAL MELTWATER PULSE; ICE CAP; ICE CAPS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; SEA LEVEL RISE;

EID: 0030498940     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96PA01419     Document Type: Article

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