Synchronizing a sea-level jump, final Lake Agassiz drainage, and abrupt cooling 8200years ago

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 315-316, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-50

  Li, Yong Xiang ^a   Törnqvist, Torbjörn E ^a,b   Nevitt, Johanna M ^a,c   Kohl, Barry ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

8.2 ka event; Abrupt climate change; Mississippi Delta; Sea level

Indexed keywords

8.2 KA EVENT; ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; CLIMATE COOLING; CLIMATE EVENT; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; FRESHWATER SOURCES; HEINRICH EVENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; PROGLACIAL LAKES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME WINDOWS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATING METHOD; DRAINAGE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054975765     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.034     Document Type: Article

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