Provenance of freshwater pulses in the Gulf of Mexico during the last deglaciation

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-245

  Sionneau, T ^a   Bout Roumazeilles, V ^a   Flower, B P ^b   Bory, A ^a,c   Tribovillard, N ^a   Kissel, C ^d   Van Vliet Lanoe B ^e   Montero Serrano, J C ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Deglaciation; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Meltwater pulse; Mississippi River; Orca Basin

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MELTWATER PULSE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; ORCA BASIN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLOODS; GLACIERS; ICE; LAKES; MINERALS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; GRAIN SIZE; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; ORCA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 77956191210     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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