The relationship of Heinrich events and their European precursors over the past 60 ka BP: a multi-proxy ice-rafted debris provenance study in the North East Atlantic

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 862-875

  Peck, V L ^a   Hall, I R ^a   Zahn, R ^a,b   Grousset, F ^c   Hemming, S R ^d   Scourse, J D ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLACIERS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ICE SHEET SOURCES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIDE (LIS); LITHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION;

ICE PROBLEMS;

GLACIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 34248209662     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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