Southernmost indications of large freshwater discharges during the Heinrich Stadials (Galicia Interior Basin, Northwest Iberian Continental Margin)

• Main Authors: Plaza Morlote, M., Rey, D., Santos, J. F., Ribeiro, S., Heslop, D., Bernabeu, A. M., Mohamed, K. J., Rubio, B., Martins, V.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2017
• Subjects: Galician Interior Basin; Last glacial period; Heinrich Stadials; EIS–LIS–AMOC dynamics; The Gib; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/21149

The reconstruction of circum-Atlantic ice-sheet instabilities is of great importance to understanding the mechanisms that force abrupt climate changes. We have used enviromagnetic and geochemical data to explore these issues, providing a continuous and well-dated record of the evolution of glacial/i...