Was the Younger Dryas triggered by a flood?

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5777, 2006, Pages 1146-1148

  Broecker, Wallace S ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; WATER;

COLD PERIOD; FLOOD WATERS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CARBON 14; OXYGEN;

CLIMATE; FLOOD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER; GREENLAND; LAKE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33744460469     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123253     Document Type: Review

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20. I am indebted to G. Corner for financial backing and for initiating and participating in field expeditions to the Agassiz outlets and the glaciated mountain ranges of eastern and southern Greenland. These field trips have substantially advanced my thinking with regard to the Younger Dryas. Discussions with T. Lowell, T. Fisher, G. Denton, J. Teller, S. Hemming, and J. Schaefer have also been extremely helpful.