Heinrich Events
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- periods of increased discharge of icebergs from the margin of ice sheets into the North Atlantic Ocean during the last glacial. They are preserved in deep-sea cores as sediment layers rich in debris eroded from land areas.
NCDC National Climatic Data Center - Cite This Source - This Definition - Borehole, calving, Floe, GISP2, Ice, Ice Core, Ice patrol ship, ice sheet, ice sheet margin, ice streams, Laurentide ice sheet, Vostok