The isotopic composition of the Laurentide Ice Sheet and fossil groundwater

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4856-4861

  Ferguson, Grant ^a   Jasechko, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

general circulation models; groundwater; ice sheets; isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; PLEISTOCENE EPOCH; REPRESENTATIVE VALUES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ICE;

FOSSIL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MIXING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; RUNOFF; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84948714909     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064106     Document Type: Article

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