Were glacial iceberg surges in the North Atlantic triggered by climatic warming?

Marine Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 393-417

  Moros, M ^a,f   Kuijpers, A ^b   Snowball, I ^c   Lassen, S ^b   Backstrom D ^d   Gingele, F ^a   McManus, J ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Earth Science Center   (Sweden)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heinrich events; Ice rafting detritus; Magnetic susceptibility; North Atlantic; Palaeocurrents

Indexed keywords

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; MINERALOGY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GLACIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ICEBERG; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCURRENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0347926488     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00592-3     Document Type: Article

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