Laurentide-Cordilleran Ice Sheet saddle collapse as a contribution to meltwater pulse 1A

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3954-3962

  Gomez, N ^a   Gregoire, L J ^b   Mitrovica, J X ^c   Payne, A J ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abrupt climate change; cryosphere; ice sheets; meltwater pulse 1A; paleoclimate; sea level

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL;

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYOSPHERE; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER PULSE 1A; PALEOCLIMATES;

ICE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COLLAPSE; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; CRYOSPHERE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84931574268     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063960     Document Type: Article

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