Changes in the Bathymetry and Volume of Glacial Lake Agassiz Between 11,000 and 9300 14 C yr B.P.

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Leverington, David W., Mann, Jason D., Teller, James T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2000
• Subjects: Glacial Lake; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.2000.2157; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589400921574?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589400921574?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400026260

The volume and surface area of glacial Lake Agassiz varied considerably during its 4000-year history. Computer models for seven stages of Lake Agassiz were used to quantify these variations over the lake's early history, between about 11,000 and 9300 14 C yr B.P. (ca. 13,000 to 10,300 cal yr B....