An Ice Shelf Mechanism for Heinrich Layer Production

• Main Author: Hulbe, Christina L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 1997
• Subjects: Glaciers > North Atlantic Ocean; Ice mechanics > Mathematical models; Ice shelves > Labrador Sea; Geology; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geology_fac/2; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=geology_fac

The effect of an ice shelf in the Labrador Sea on ice-rafted sediment delivery to the glacial North Atlantic is investigated using a finite element numerical model of ice shelf flow. Discharge into the shelf from Hudson Strait creates a thick central core, extending downstream into the shelf, that i...