Early Holocene large-scale meltwater discharge from Greenland documented by foraminifera and sediment parameters

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 391, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-81

  Seidenkrantz, Marit Solveig ^a   Ebbesen, Hanne ^b   Aagaard Sørensen, Steffen ^a,g   Moros, Matthias ^c,d   Lloyd, Jeremy M ^e   Olsen, Jesper ^a,f   Knudsen, Mads Faurschou ^a   Kuijpers, Antoon ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

8.2ka event; Early Holocene; Foraminifera; Greenland; Magnetic susceptibility; Meltwater discharge; Sediment properties

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL WATER; GIS; HOLOCENE; MELTWATER; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LABRADOR SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84888199893     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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