Anatomy of Labrador Sea Heinrich layers

• Published in: Marine Geology
• Main Authors: Hesse, Reinhard, Khodabakhsh, Saeed
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science Bv 2016
• Subjects: Heinrich layers; Labrador Sea; Ice rafting; Sediment lofting; Turbidity currents; Ice-proximal environments; Greenland; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel; Ice Shelf; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00341/45214/44639.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00341/45214/44640.csv; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00341/45214/44641.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.05.019; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00341/45214/

Heinrich layers (H-layers) are distinct, decimetre to centimetre thick layers of ice-rafted debris (IRD) that were deposited in the North Atlantic during the Late and middle Pleistocene. H-layers (H-layers) are characterized by high detrital carbonate and low foraminifera contents. In the Labrador S...