Timing and duration of North American glacial lake discharges and the Younger Dryas climate reversal

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-551

  Rayburn, John A ^a   Cronin, Thomas M ^b   Franzi, David A ^c   Knuepfer, Peter L K ^d   Willard, Debra A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Champlain sea; Discharge; Foraminifers; Glacial lake; Younger dryas

Indexed keywords

CHAMPLAIN SEAS; DISCHARGE; FORAMINIFERS; GLACIAL LAKES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE MODELING; DISCHARGE; FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL LAKE; GRIP; PALEOCLIMATE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CHAMPLAIN VALLEY; SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 79955470187     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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