Relative timing of the Storegga submarine slide, methane release, and climate change during the 8.2 ka cold event

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1167-1171

  Dawson, A ^a   Bondevik, S ^b,c   Teller, J T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

8.2 ka cold event; climate change; dating; methane gas hydrates (clathrates); Storegga submarine slide; tsunami

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COLD FRONT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; METHANE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SUBMARINE; TSUNAMI;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; STOREGGA SLIDE;

EID: 80053184364     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611400467     Document Type: Article

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