
Sediment Layers Pinpoint Periods of Climatic Change
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo150291
Subject(s) - sediment , geology , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , physical geography , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , geography
Researchers studying sediment cores from the Gulf of Alaska have pinpointed when the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, now extinct, disgorged icebergs into the Pacific Ocean.