Impact of floods versus routing events on the thermohaline circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Meissner, Katrin J ^a   Clark, Peter U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; DRAINAGE; RUNOFF; SEA ICE;

FRESHWATER; ROUTING EVENTS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; OUTBURST; RUNOFF; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 33845635578     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026705     Document Type: Article

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