Geochronology and paleoclimatic implications of the last deglaciation of the Mauna Kea Ice Cap, Hawaii

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 234-248

  Anslow, Faron S ^a   Clark, Peter U ^b   Kurz, Mark D ^c   Hostetler, Steven W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Glacial; Palioclimate

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC COOLING; CONVERGENCE ZONES; COUPLED MASS; DEGLACIATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDES; GLACIAL; GLOBAL COOLING; HEINRICH EVENTS; HIGH ELEVATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; ICE DYNAMICS; ICE-CAPS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS-BALANCE MODELING; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; MORAINE-DAMMED LAKE; NORTH ATLANTIC; PALIOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE EXPOSURE AGE; TELECONNECTIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPRESSION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CLIMATE MODELS; DISEASES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SNOW;

ICE;

BEDROCK; DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE CAP; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MASS BALANCE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MORAINE; OUTBURST; OVERTURN; PALEOCLIMATE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA KEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956011566     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.025     Document Type: Article

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