A jökulhlaup from a laurentian captured ice shelf to the gulf of Mexico could have caused the bølling warming

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 90 A, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-140

  Erlingsson, Ulf ^a  

^a Lindorm Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration; Atmospheric methane concentration; Climate change; Climate forcing; Deglaciation; Ice age; Interstadial; Megaflood; Meltwater pulse; Mississippi Canyon; Mississippi Fan; mwp 1a; Sea level change; Unktehi; Wisconsin glaciation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHELF; JOKULHLAUP; LAURENTIA; MELTWATER; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; TRANSGRESSION; WISCONSINAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 44849095782     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2008.00107.x     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Abascal, A.J., Sheinbaum, J., Candela, J., Ochoa, J., and Badan, A., 2003: Analysis of flow variability in the Yucatan Channel. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C12): 3381, DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001922.
2. Aharon, P., 2006: Entrainment of meltwaters in hyperpycnal flows during deglaciation superflows in the Gulf of Mexico. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 241: 260-270.
3. Alley, R.B., Dupont, T.K., Parizek, B.R., Anandakrishnan, S., Lawson, D.E., Larson, G.J. and Evenson, E.B., 2005: Outburst flooding and the initiation of ice-stream surges in response to climatic cooling: A hypothesis. Geomorphology 75: 76-89.
4. Beaney, C. L. and Shaw, J., 2000: The subglacial geomorphology of southeast Alberta: Evidence for subglacial meltwater erosion. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 37: 51-61.
5. Blanchon, P. and Shaw, J., 1995: Reef drowning during the last glaciation: Evidence for catastrophic sea-level rise and ice sheet collapse. Geology, 23: 4-8.
6. Bond, G., Heinrich, H., Broecker, W., Labeyrie, L., McManus, J., Andrews, J., Huon, S., Jantschik, R., Clasen, S., Simet, C., Tedesco, K., Klas, M., Bonani, G. and Ivy, S., 1992: Evidence for massive discharges of icebergs into the North Atlantic ocean during the last glacial period. Nature 360: 245-249.
7. Bond, G., Showers, W., Cheseby, M., Lotti, R., Almasi, P., deMenocal, P., Priore, P., Cullen, H., Hajdas, I. and Bonani, G., 1997: A pervasive millennial-scale cycle in North Atlantic Holocene and glacial climates. Science, 278 (5341): 1257-1266
8. Bouma, A.H., Stelting, C.E. and Coleman, J.M., 1985: Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. and Barnes, N.E., (eds): Submarine Fans and Related Turbidite Systems. Springer. New York.
9. Brennand, T.A., Russel, H.A.J and Sharpe, D.R., 2003: Tunnel channels of central southern Ontario: Character, genesis and glaciodynamic implications. Paper presented at the XVI IN-QUA Congress, Reno, Nevada, USA, 23-30 July 2003.
10. Broecker, W.S., Kennett, J.P., Flower, B.P., Teller, J.T., Trumbore, S., Bonani, G. and Wolfli, W., 1989: Routing of melt-water from the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the Younger Dryas cold episode. Nature, 341: 318-321.
11. Bunge, L., Ochoa, J., Badan, A., Candela, J., and Sheinbaum, J., 2003: Deep flows in the Yucatan Channel and their relation to dhanges in the Loop current extension. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (C12): 3233, DOI: 1029/2001JC001256.
12. Candela, J., Tanahara, S., Crepon, M. and Barnier, B., 2003: The Yucatan Channel flow: Observations vs. CLIPPER ATL6 and MERCATOR models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (C12). 3385, DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001961.
13. Chappellaz, J.A., Bluniert, T., Raynaud, D., Barnola, J.M., Schwander, J. and Stauffert, B., 1993: Synchronous changes in atmospheric CH4 and Greenland climate between 40 and 8 kyr BP. Nature, 366: 443-445.
14. Clark, C.D. and Stokes, C.R., 2001: Extent and basal characteristics of the M'Clintock Channel Ice Stream. Quaternary International, 86: 81-101.
15. Clark, G.K.C., Leverington, D.W., Teller, J.T. and Dyke, A.S., 2004: Paleohydraulics of the last outburst flood from glacial Lake Agassiz and the 8200 BP cold event. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23: 389-407.
16. Denton, G.H. and Karlén, W., 1973: Holocene climatic variations - Their pattern and possible cause. Quaternary Research, 3(2): 155-174.
17. Dickens, G.R. and Quinby-Hunt, M.S., 1994: Methane hydrate stability in seawater. Geophysical Research Letters, 21(19): 2115-2118.
18. Diegel, F.A., Karlo, J.F., Schuster, D.C., Shoup, R.C. and Tauvers, P.R., 1995: Cenozoic structural evolution and tectonostratigraphic framework of the northern Gold Coast continental margin. In: Jackson, M.P.A., RoAerts, D.G. and Snelson, S., (eds): Salt Tectonics: a Global Perspective. American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Memoir 65: 109-151.
19. Donnelly, J.P., Driscoll, N.W., Uchupi, E., Keigwin, L.D., Schwab, W.C., Thieler, E.R. and Swift, S.A., 2005: Catastrophic meltwater discharge down the Hudson Valley: A potential trigger for the Intra-Allerød cold period. Geology, 33(2): 89-92.
20. Dyke, A.S., Moore, A. and Robertson, L., 2003: Deglaciation of North America. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1574.
21. Emiliani, C., Gartner, S., Lidz, B., Eldridg, K., Elvøy, D.K., Huang, T.C., Stipp, J.J. and Swanson, M.F., 1975: Paleoclimatological analysis of late Quaternary cores from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Science, 189: 1083-1088.
22. Emiliani, C., Rooth, C. and Stripp, J.J., 1978: The late Wisconsin flood into the Gulf of Mexico. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 41(2): 159-162.
23. Erdoes, R. and Ortiz, A., 1985: American Indian Myths and Legends. Pantheon. New York.
24. Erlingsson, U., 1994a: The 'Captured Ice Shelf' hypothesis and its applicability to the Weichselian glaciation. Geografiska Annaler, 76A(1-2): 1-12.
25. Erlingsson, U., 1994b: A computer model along a flow-line of an Ice Dome - 'Captured Ice Shelf'. Geografiska Annaler, 76A(1-2): 13-24.
26. Erlingsson, U., 2006: Lake Vostok behaves like a 'captured lake' and may be near to creating an Antarctic jökulhlaup. Geografiska Annaler, 88A(1): 1-7.
27. Fairbanks, R.G., 1989: A 17,000-year glacio-eustatic sea level record: influence of glacial melting rates on the Younger Dryas event and deep-ocean circulation. Nature, 342: 637-642.
28. Fisher, T.G., Smith, D.G. and Andrews, J.T., 2002: Preboreal oscillation caused by a glacial Lake Agassiz flood. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21: 873-878.
29. Flower, B.P., Hastings, D.W., Hill, H.W. and Quinn, T.M., 2004: Phasing of deglacial warming and Laurentide Ice Sheet melt-water in the Gulf of Mexico. Geology, 32: 597-600.
30. Ganapolski, A. and Rahmstorf, S., 2001: Rapid changes of glacial climate simulated in a coupled climate model. Nature, 409: 153-158.
31. GRIP Members, 1993: Climate instability during the last interglacial period recorded in the GRIP ice core. Nature, 364: 203-207.
32. 3 dissolution at intermediate water depths of the Caribbean and western North Atlantic: Implications for intermediate water circulation during the past 200000 years. Paleoceanography, 11(6): 701-716.
33. Heinrich, H., 1988: Origin and consequences of cyclic ice rafting in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean during the past 130 000 years. Quarternary Research, 29: 143-152.
34. Huppert, H.E. and Simpson, J.E., 1980: The slumping of gravity currents. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 99: 785-799.
35. Keigwin, L.D., Jones, G.A., Lehman, S.J. and Boyle, E.A., 1991: Deglacial meltwater discharge, North Atlantic Deep Circulation, and abrupt climate change. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96(C9): 16811-16826.
36. Kennett, J.P. and Shackleton, N.J., 1975: Laurentide ice sheet meltwater recorded in Gulf of Mexico deep-sea cores. Science, 188: 147-150.
37. Kienast, M., Hanebuth, T.J.J., Pelejero, C. and Steinke, S., 2003: Synchroneity of meltwater pulse 1a and the Bølling warming: New evidence from the South China Sea. Geology, 31: 67-70.
38. Kolla, V. and Perlmutter, M.A., 1993: Timing of turbidite sedimentation on the Mississippi Fan. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 77: 1129-1141.
39. Kor, P. S. G., Shaw, J. and Sharpe, D. R., 1991: Erosion of bedrock by subglacial meltwater, Georgian Bay, Ontario: A regional view. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 28: 623-642.
40. Leventer, A., Williams, D.F. and Kennett, J.P., 1982: Dynamics of the Laurentide ice sheet during the last deglaciation: Evidence from the Gulf of Mexico. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 59(1): 11-17.
41. Lynch-Stieglitz, J., Curry, W.B. and Slowey, N., 1999: Weaker Gulf Stream in the Florida Straits during the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature, 402: 644-648.
42. McManus, J.F., Francois, R., Gherardi, J.M., Keigwin, L.D. and Brown-Leger, S., 2004: Collapse and rapid resumption of Atlantic meridional circulation linked to deglacial climate changes. Nature, 428: 834-837.
43. Mulder, T. and Syvitski, J.P.M., 1995: Turbidity currents generated at river mouths during exceptional discharges to the world oceans. Journal of Geology, 103(3): 285-299.
44. Ochoa, J., Sheinbaum, J., Badan, A., Candela, J. and Wilson, D., 2001: Geostrophy via potential vorticity inversion in the Yucatan Channel. Journal of Marine Research, 59: 725-747.
45. O'Connell, S., Stelting, C.E., Bouma, A.H., Coleman, J.M., Cremer, M., Droz, L., Meyer-Weight, A.A., Normark, W.R., Pickering, K.T., Stow, D.A.V. and DSDP Leg 96 Shipboard Scientists, 1985: Drilling Results on the Lower Mississippi Fan. In: Bouma, A.H., Normark, W.R. and Barnes, N.E., (eds): Submarine Fans and Related Turbidite Systems. Springer. New York.
46. Peltier, W.R., 2004: Global glacial isostacy and the surface of the Ice-Age Earth: The ICE5G (VM2) Model and GRACE. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 32: 111-149.
47. Posamentier, H.W. and Kolla, V., 2003: Seismic geomorphology and stratigraphy of depositional elements in deep-water settings. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 73: 367-388.
48. Posamentier, H.W. and Walker, R.G., 2006: Deep-water tur-bidites and submarine fans. In: Posamentier, H.W. and Walker, R.G., (eds): Facies Models Revisited (CD). SEPM Special Publications.
49. Reimer, P.J., Baillie, M.G.L., Bard, E., Bayliss, A., Beck, J.W., Bertrand, C.J.H., Blackwell, P.G., Buch, C.E., Burr, G.S., Cutler, K.B., Darnon, P.E., Edwards, R.L., Fairbanks, R.G., Friedrich, M., Guilderson, T.P., Hogg, A.G., Hughen, K.A., Kromer, B., McCormac, G., Manning, S., Ramsey, C.B., Re-imer, R.W., Remmele, S., Southon, J.R., Stuiver, M., Talamo, S., Taylor, F.W., van der Plicht, J. and Weyhenmeyer, C.E., 2004: IntCal04 Terrestrial Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP. Radiocarbon, 46: 1029-1058.
50. Remenda, V.H., Cherry, J.A. and Edwards, T.W.D., 1994: Isotopic composition of old groundwater from Lake Agassiz: Implications for late Pleistocene climate. Science, 266: 1975-1978.
51. Roberts, M.JA, 2005: Jökulhlaups: a reassessment of floodwater flow through glaciers. Reviews of Geophysics, 43(RG1002): 1-21.
52. Seidov, D., Stouffer, R.J. and Haupt, B.J., 2005: Is there a bi-polar ocean seesaw? Global and Planetary Change, 49: 19-27.
53. Shaw, J., 1983: Drumlin formation related to inverted melt-water erosional marks. Journal of Glaciology, 29: 461-479.
54. Shaw, J., Rains, B., Eyton, R. and Weissling, L., 1996: Laurentide subglacial outburst floods: Landform evidence from digital elevation models. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 33: 1154-1168.
55. Shoosmith, D.R., Baringer, M.O. and Johns, W.E., 2005: A continuous record of Florida Current heat transport at 27°N. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(23). DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024075.
56. Tarasov, L. and Peltier, W.R., 2005: Arctic freshwater forcing of the Younger Dryas cold reversal. Nature, 435: 662-665.
57. Yokoyama, Y., Lambeck, K., de Deckker, P., Johnston, P. and Fifield, L.K., 2000: Timing of the Last Glacial Maximum from observed sea-level minima. Nature, 406: 713-716, (Correction: 2001), Nature, 412: 99.
58. Weaver, A.J., Saenko, O.A., Clark, P.U. and Mitrovica, J.X., 2003: Meltwater pulse 1A from Antarctica as a trigger of the Bølling-Allerød warm interval. Science, 299(5613): 1709-1713.