Routing of western Canadian Plains runoff during the 8.2 ka cold event

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Carlson, A. E., Clark, P. U., Haley, Brian A., Klinkhammer, G. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2009
• Subjects: Glacial Lake; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Ice Sheet; Labrador Sea; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6165/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/6165/1/695_Carlson_2009_RoutingOfWesternCanadianPlains_Artzeit_pubid12118.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL038778

The collapse of the Laurentide Ice Sheet over Hudson Bay ∼8.47 ka allowed the rapid drainage of glacial Lake Agassiz into the Labrador Sea, an event identified as causing a reduction in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and the 8.2 ka cold event. Atmosphere-ocean models simulations...