Climatic effects of glacial Lake Agassiz in the midwestern United States during the last deglaciation

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-210

  Hu, Feng Sheng ^a   Wright Jr , Herbert E ^a   Ito, Emi ^a   Lease, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES;

CLIMATIC CONTROLS; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; CLIMATIC WARMING; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; GREAT LAKES REGIONS; LAST DEGLACIATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; BULK CARBONATES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LAKES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COOLING; GLACIAL LAKE; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; WARMING; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; PICEA; VEGETATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES; DEEP LAKE; MINNESOTA; USA;

EID: 0030670245     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0207:CEOGLA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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