Freshwater discharge, sediment transport, and modeled climate impacts of the final drainage of glacial Lake Agassiz

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2161-2180

  Clarke, Garry K C ^a   Bush, Andrew B G ^b   Bush, John W M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE IMPACTS; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; GLACIAL LAKES; HIGH LATITUDES; HUDSON STRAIT; HYPERPYCNAL; LABRADOR SEA; MAIN AGENT; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTHERN LATITUDES; OCEAN TRANSPORTS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; SEA ICE PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; MELTWATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MODELING; OUTBURST; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 66849122549     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2439.1     Document Type: Article

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