Lake Agassiz during the Younger Dryas

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-369

  Teller, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake Agassiz; Overflow; Paleoclimate; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; LAKE AGASSIZ; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; OCEAN THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; OVERFLOW; PALEOCLIMATES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 84887032829     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.06.011     Document Type: Review

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