Evidence for meltwater drainage via the St. Lawrence River Valley in marine cores from the Laurentian Channel at the time of the Younger Dryas

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-65

  Levac, Elisabeth ^a   Lewis, Michael ^b   Stretch, Vanessa ^c   Duchesne, Katie ^a   Neulieb, Thomas ^d  

^a BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dinocyst; Laurentian Channel; Meltwater drainage; Microfossils; Paleoceanography; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

LAKES; SEA ICE;

DINOCYST; LAURENTIAN; MICROFOSSILS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; INFLOW; MELTWATER; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CABOT STRAIT; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; LAURENTIAN CHANNEL; SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY; SCOTIA SHELF;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84929118975     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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