Simulation of the cold climate event 8200 years ago by meltwater outburst from Lake Agassiz

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Bauer, E ^a   Ganopolski, A ^a   Montoya, M ^b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coupled climate model; Meltwater pulse; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; MELTWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; HUDSON STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144303605     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001030     Document Type: Article

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