A calibrated deglacial drainage chronology for the North American continent: evidence of an Arctic trigger for the Younger Dryas

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 659-688

  Tarasov, Lev ^a   Peltier, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; LAKES;

DEGLACIAL MELTWATER DRAINAGE CHRONOLOGY; ICE-MARGIN CHRONOLOGY; LAKE AGASSIZ; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; DRAINAGE; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); FRAM STRAIT; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 33645974570     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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