The first estimation of Fleuve Manche palaeoriver discharge during the last deglaciation: Evidence for Fennoscandian ice sheet meltwater flow in the English Channel ca 20-18 ka ago

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Toucanne, Samuel, Zaragosi, Sebastien, Bourillet, Jean-francois, Marieu, Vincent, Cremer, Michel, Kageyama, Masa, Van Vliet-lanoe, Brigitte, Eynaud, Frederique, Turon, Jean-louis, Gibbard, Philip L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2010
• Subjects: Fleuve Manche palaeoriver; English Channel; sediment and meltwater discharge; European ice sheet; deglaciation; Termination 1; North Sea area; European drainage network; Dover; Fennoscandian; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00002/11310/7858.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.050; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00002/11310/

The Fleuve Manche (English Channel) palaeoriver represents the largest river system that drained the European continent during Pleistocene lowstands, particularly during the Elsterian (Marine Isotope Stage 12) and Saalian Drenthe (MIS 6) glaciations when extensive ice advances into the North Sea are...