Abrupt deglaciation events and Holocene palaeoceanography from high-resolution cores, Cartwright Saddle, Labrador Shelf, Canada

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 383-397

  Andrews, J T ^a   Keigwin, L ^b   Hall, F ^c   Jennings, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

8.2 cal. ka event; Labrador Shelf; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Meltwater event

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032787649     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199908)14:5<383::AID-JQS464>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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