The Younger Dryas Climate Event

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 126-134

  Carlson, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Antarctic Intermediate water; Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Bipolar seesaw; Freshwater routing; Ice cores; Intertropical Convergence Zone; Laurentide Ice Sheet; North Atlantic Deep water; Sea surface temperature; Southern Ocean Deep water; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008471119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00029-7     Document Type: Chapter

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