The first estimation of Fleuve Manche palaeoriver discharge during the last deglaciation: Evidence for Fennoscandian ice sheet meltwater flow in the English Channel ca 20-18 ka ago

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 459-473

  Toucanne, Samuel ^a,b   Zaragosi, Sébastien ^a   Bourillet, Jean François ^b   Marieu, Vincent ^a   Cremer, Michel ^a   Kageyama, Masa ^c   Van Vliet Lanoë, Brigitte ^d   Eynaud, Frédérique ^a   Turon, Jean Louis ^a   Gibbard, Philip L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deglaciation; English Channel; European drainage network; European ice sheet; Fleuve Manche palaeoriver; North Sea area; sediment and meltwater discharge; Termination 1

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

DEGLACIATIONS; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EUROPEAN ICE SHEETS; FLEUVE MANCHE PALAEORIVER; MELT-WATER DISCHARGES; NORTH SEA; TERMINATION 1;

ICE;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEGLACIATION; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER SYSTEM; SAALIAN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); BAY OF BISCAY; DOVER STRAIT; ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 75149123150     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.050     Document Type: Article

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