Ice sheet action versus reaction: Distinguishing between Heinrich events and Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles in the North Atlantic

Paleoceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Marshall, Shawn J ^a   Koutnik, Michelle R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEINRICH EVENT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL; MARINE RECORD;

EID: 33751268841     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005PA001247     Document Type: Article

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