Timing of massive 'Fleuve Manche' discharges over the last 350 kyr: insights into the European ice-sheet oscillations and the European drainage network from MIS 10 to 2

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 1238-1256

  Toucanne, S ^a   Zaragosi, S ^a   Bourillet, J F ^b   Cremer, M ^a   Eynaud, F ^a   Van Vliet Lanoe B ^c   Penaud, A ^a   Fontanier, C ^d   Turon, J L ^a   Cortijo, E ^e   Gibbard, P L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GLACIERS; ICE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SURFACE WATERS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DEEP-WATER FORMATION; EUROPEAN ICE SHEETS; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; LATE PLEISTOCENE GLACIATIONS; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MELTING; MELTWATER; OSCILLATION; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAALIAN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WEICHSELIAN; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349102015     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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