Ice-rafted debris in the North Pacific and correlation to North Atlantic climatic events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3261-3264

  Hewitt, Antony T ^a,d   McDonald, Darcy ^b,e   Bornhold, Brian D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e Rescan Environmental Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; DEBRIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ICEBERG DISCHARGE; LAURENTIDE ICESHEET;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; ICEBERG DISCHARGE; INTERSTADIAL; LAST GLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICESHEET; PALAEOCLIMATE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH); PACIFIC, (NORTH);

CLIMATIC EVENTS; DEEP SEA; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; ICEBERG DISCHARGES; INTERSTADIALS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC;

EID: 0031390854     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03264     Document Type: Article

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