The sea-level fingerprint of the 8.2 ka climate event

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 423-426

  Kendall, Roblyn A ^a   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^b   Törnqvist, Torbjöm E ^c   Li, Yongxiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Glacial isostatic adjustment; Holocene; Lake drainage; Sea level

Indexed keywords

AMERICA; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION (AMOC); CLIMATE EVENTS; CLIMATE INSTABILITY; DEGLACIATION; EAST COAST; GENERAL (CO); GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT (GIA); LATE PLEISTOCENE; PROGLACIAL LAKES; SMALL SIGNALS; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME PERIODS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; LAKES; LANDFORMS;

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COOLING; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIOISOSTASY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; HUDSON STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 46149109879     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24550A.1     Document Type: Article

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