On the factors behind large Labrador Sea tides during the last glacial cycle and the potential implications for Heinrich events

Paleoceanography

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Arbic, Brian K ^a   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^b   MacAyeal, Douglas R ^c   Milne, Glenn A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG; LAST GLACIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; TIDE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; HUDSON STRAIT; LABRADOR SEA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65649097579     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007PA001573     Document Type: Article

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