Lake Agassiz final drainage event in the northwest North Atlantic

• Main Authors: Hillaire-marcel, C., De Vernal, Anne, Piper, David J. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2007
• Subjects: Glacial Lake; Greenland; Greenland ice cores; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic; North atlantic Thermohaline circulation
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00235/34645/33006.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1026/2007GL030396; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00235/34645/

The 8.2 ka "climate'' event recorded in Greenland ice cores is subject of debates with respect to causal linkage with a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning due to the drainage of the late-glacial lake Agassiz. Here, we present records from the NW North Atlantic, down-curre...