Deglacial ocean warming and marine margin retreat of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet in the North Pacific Ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 403, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-98

  Taylor, M A ^a   Hendy, I L ^a   Pak, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordilleran Ice Sheet; Iceberg calving; Last glacial period; Mg Ca; Pacific Ocean; Planktonic foraminifera

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; HOUSING; SEA ICE;

CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; ICEBERG CALVING; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE RETREAT; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; TIDEWATER GLACIER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); VANCOUVER ISLAND;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 84904263152     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.026     Document Type: Article

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