Sedimentological history of Bryant Canyon area, northwest Gulf of Mexico, during the last 135 kyr (Marine Isotope Stages 1-6): A proxy record of Mississippi River discharge

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-161

  Tripsanas, Efthymios K ^a,b   Bryant, William R ^b   Slowey, Niall C ^b   Bouma, Arnold H ^c   Karageorgis, Aristomenis P ^d   Berti, Debora ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bottom currents; Gravity flows; Gulf of Mexico; Meltwater; River discharge; Slope environment

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOEUSTACY; GRAVITY FLOW; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MELTWATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOCURRENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRYANT CANYON; CANADA; GULF OF MEXICO; MACKENZIE RIVER; MISSISSIPPI FAN; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847306099     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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