Ice-proximal Labrador Sea Heinrich layers: a sedimentological approach

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Hesse, Reinhard
• Other Authors: Fisher, Timothy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Hudson; Hudson Strait; Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Labrador Sea; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2015-0033; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2015-0033; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2015-0033

During Late Pleistocene Heinrich events (H-events), distinct, decimetre- to centimetre-thick layers of ice-rafted debris (IRD) were deposited in the North Atlantic as Heinrich layers (H-layers). These layers are characterized by high detrital carbonate content, low foraminifera content, a high perce...