Collapse of the North American ice saddle 14,500 years ago caused widespread cooling and reduced ocean overturning circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 383-392

  Ivanovic, Ruza F ^a   Gregoire, Lauren J ^a   Wickert, Andrew D ^b   Valdes, Paul J ^c   Burke, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMOC; ice sheet melt; Older Dryas; saddle collapse

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL;

AMOC; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; ICE SHEET; OLDER DRYAS; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; SADDLE COLLAPSE;

ICE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COLLAPSE; COOLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTING; MELTWATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OLDER DRYAS; OVERTURN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 85009186310     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071849     Document Type: Article

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