Mid-Wisconsin Laurentide Ice Sheet growth and decay: Implications for Heinrich events 3 and 4

Paleoceanography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-223

  Kirby, Matthew E ^a,b   Andrews, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEINRICH EVENT; ICE MARGIN; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0032765541     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998PA900019     Document Type: Article

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