Impacts of post-glacial lake drainage events and revised chronology of the Champlain Sea episode 13-9 ka

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 46-60

  Cronin, T M ^a   Manley, P L ^b   Brachfeld, S ^c   Manley, T O ^b   Willard, D A ^a   Guilbault, J P ^d   Rayburn, J A ^a   Thunell, R ^e   Berke, M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRAQ Stratigraphie   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Champlain Sea; Glacial lakes; Lake Vermont; Preboreal Oscillation

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CALIBRATION; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL LAKE; LAKE DYNAMICS; OSCILLATION; POSTGLACIAL; PREBOREAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALINITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SHELL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHAMPLAIN SEA; LAKE CHAMPLAIN; LAKE VERMONT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 43849109667     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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