Laurentide ice sheet meltwater and the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last glacial cycle: A view from the Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-56

  Flower, B P ^a   Williams, C ^a   Hill, H W ^a,c   Hastings, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2010GM001016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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