Variations in the provenance of sediment from ice sheets surrounding Baffin Bay during MIS 2 and 3 and export to the Labrador Shelf Sea: Site HU2008029-0008 Davis Strait

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-13

  Andrews, John T ^a   Gibb, Olivia T ^b   Jennings, Anne E ^a   Simon, Quentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baffin Bay; Detrital carbonate; Heinrich events; MIS 2 and 3; Sediment mineralogy

Indexed keywords

HEINRICH EVENT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROVENANCE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; DAVIS STRAIT; LABRADOR SEA; LABRADOR SHELF;

EID: 84890916646     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2643     Document Type: Article

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