A role for icebergs in the 8.2 ka climate event

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 535-549

  Wiersma, Ane P ^a,b   Jongma, Jochem I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

8.2 ka event; Climate modeling; Heinrich events; Holocene; Hudson Strait; Icebergs; Laurentide ice sheet

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DISCHARGE; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; ICE COVER; ICEBERG; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; HUDSON STRAIT;

EID: 77954951860     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0645-1     Document Type: Article

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