Late Quaternary (Stage 2 and 3) Meltwater and Heinrich Events, Northwest Labrador Sea

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Andrews, John T., Erlenkeuser, Helmut, Tedesco, Katherine, Aksu, Ali E., Jull, A.J.Timothy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
• Subjects: Hudson; Hudson Strait; Baffin; Ice Sheet; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.1994.1003; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589484710039?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589484710039?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400036589

Abstract Two major meltwater events are documented in cores from the NW Labrador Sea. One occurred ca. 20,000 14 C yr B.P. in association with deposition of a major detrital carbonate unit. Both prior to and after this event, δ 18 O values of near-surface planktonic foraminifera were 4.5%, indicatin...