Sedimentary evidence of deglacial megafloods in the northern Gulf of Mexico (Pigmy Basin)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 27-28, 2009, Pages 3333-3347

  Montero Serrano, Jean Carlos ^a   Bout Roumazeilles, Viviane ^a   Tribovillard, Nicolas ^a   Sionneau, Thomas ^a   Riboulleau, Armelle ^a   Bory, Aloys ^a   Flower, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES; DEGLACIAL; DEGLACIATIONS; EROSIONAL PROCESS; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES; GULF OF MEXICO; HOLOCENES; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MISSISSIPPI; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; PATTERN VARIATION; REDOX CONDITION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SIZE MODIFICATION; STAIR-STEP; TRACE METAL GEOCHEMISTRY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLAY MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEET METAL; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MINERALS;

DEGLACIATION; DISCHARGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MELTWATER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; PIGMY BASIN;

EID: 70450252158     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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