The Role of Hudson Strait Outlet in Younger Dryas Sedimentation in the Labrador Sea

Abrupt Climate Change: Mechanisms, Patterns, and Impacts

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 93-110

  Rashid, Harunur ^a   Piper, David J W ^b   Flower, Benjamin P ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fresh water; Heinrich event 0; Labrador Sea; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTS;

FRESH WATER; HEINRICH EVENTS; LABRADOR SEA; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

WATER;

EID: 84952037624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GM001011     Document Type: Chapter

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