Arctic drainage of Laurentide Ice Sheet meltwater throughout the past 14,700 years

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Süfke, Finn, Gutjahr, Marcus, Keigwin, Lloyd D., Reilly, Brendan, Giosan, Liviu, Lippold, Jörg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Ice Sheet; Mackenzie river; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56001/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56001/1/s43247-022-00428-3.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56001/2/43247_2022_428_MOESM1_ESM.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00428-3

During the last deglaciation substantial volumes of meltwater from the decaying Laurentide Ice Sheet were supplied to the Arctic, Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic along different drainage routes, sometimes as catastrophic flood events. These events are suggested to have impacted global climate, for...