Forcing of the cold event of 8,200 years ago by catastrophic drainage of Laurentide lakes

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6742, 1999, Pages 344-348

  Barber, D C ^a   Dyke, A ^b   Hillaire Marcel, C ^c   Jennings, A E ^a   Andrews, J T ^a   Kerwin, M W ^a   Bilodeau, G ^c   McNeely, R ^b   Southon, J ^d   Morehead, M D ^a   Gagnon, J M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; COOLING; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; HOLOCENE; JOKULHLAUP; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033595254     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22504     Document Type: Article

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