Rapid thinning of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in coastal Maine, USA during late Heinrich Stadial 1:

• Main Author: Koester, Alexandria Jo
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Boston College 2017
• Subjects: Exposure dating; marine-terminating ice sheet; New England deglaciation; Jeremy; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:107308

Thesis advisor: Jeremy D. Shakun Few data are available to infer the thinning rate of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) through the last deglaciation, despite its importance for constraining past ice sheet response to climate warming. We measured 31 cosmogenic 10Be exposure ages in samples collected on...