Late quaternary glacial history and meltwater discharges along the northeastern Newfoundland shelf

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1178-1194

  Roger, Jonathan ^a   Saint Ange, Francky ^b,c   Lajeunesse, Patrick ^a   Duchesne, Mathieu J ^d   St Onge, Guillaume ^e,f  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^f GEOTOP Research Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MELT-WATER DISCHARGES; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TURBIDITE DEPOSITS; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC;

DEPOSITS; DOMES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ICE;

BEDROCK; DOME; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL HISTORY; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUCCESSION; TROUGH; TURBIDITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CANADIAN MARGIN; HUDSON STRAIT; NEWFOUNDLAND SHELF;

EID: 84888778777     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2013-0096     Document Type: Article

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