Retreat of the Laurentide ice sheet tracked by the isotopic composition of Pb in western North Atlantic seawater during termination 1

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 546-555

  Gutjahr, Marcus ^a,b   Frank, Martin ^a,c   Halliday, Alex N ^d   Keigwin, Lloyd D ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

authigenic; chemical weathering; continental runoff; deglaciation; Fe Mn oxyhydroxides; GNAIW; incongruent weathering; Laurentide ice sheet; NADW; Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

AUTHIGENIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL RUNOFF; DEGLACIATION; FE-MN OXYHYDROXIDES; GNAIW; INCONGRUENT WEATHERING; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; NADW; PB ISOTOPES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE NODULES; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); OCEAN CURRENTS; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

WEATHERING;

BASAL MELTING; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LEAD; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BLAKE PLATEAU; BLAKE RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70249137927     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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