Modeling North American freshwater runoff through the last glacial cycle

Quaternary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 300-315

  Marshall, Shawn J ^a   Clarke, Garry K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dansgaard Oeschger; Laurentide; Meltwater pulse; Proglacial lake; Thermohaline

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033394551     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2079     Document Type: Article

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