Catastrophic meltwater discharge down the Hudson Valley: A potential trigger for the Intra-Allerød cold period

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-92

  Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^a   Driscoll, Neal W ^b   Uchupi, Elazar ^a   Keigwin, Lloyd D ^a   Schwab, William C ^c   Thieler, E Robert ^c   Swift, Stephen A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Eastern North America; Glacial lakes; Late Quaternary; Oceanic circulation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CATASTROPHIC MELTWATER DISCHARGE; CLIMATIC FLUCTUCTIONS; HUDSON VALLEY;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIERS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; SEDIMENTS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

ALLEROD; CLIMATE FORCING; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LAKE; JOKULHLAUP; MELTWATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 13944273015     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21043.1     Document Type: Article

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