Enhanced iceberg discharge in the western North Atlantic during all Heinrich events of the last glaciation

• Main Authors: Zhou, Yuxin, McManus, Jerry F., Jacobel, Allison W., Costa, Kassandra Maria, Wang, Shouyi, Alvarez Caraveo, Blanca
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Icebergs; Glaciology; Pleistocene Geologic Epoch; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Ice Sheet; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/tyqg-s038

A series of catastrophic iceberg and meltwater discharges to the North Atlantic, termed Heinrich events, punctuated the last ice age. During Heinrich events, coarse terrigenous debris released from the drifting icebergs was preserved in deep-sea sediments, serving as an indicator of iceberg passage....