Compositional variability of ice-rafted debris in Heinrich layers 1 and 2 on the northwest European continental slope identified by environmental magnetic analyses

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-172

  Walden, John ^a   Wadsworth, Emilie ^a   Austin, William E N ^a   Peters, Clare ^a   Scourse, James D ^b   Hall, Ian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE STREAM; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 33847164847     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1020     Document Type: Article

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