Reconstruction of North American drainage basins and river discharge since the Last Glacial Maximum

Wickert, Andrew D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-831-2016

Articles | Volume 4, issue 4

Earth Surf. Dynam., 4, 831–869, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-831-2016

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Special issue: Frontiers in geomorphometry

Earth Surf. Dynam., 4, 831–869, 2016

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-831-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 4

Research article 08 Nov 2016

Research article | 08 Nov 2016

Reconstruction of North American drainage basins and river discharge since the Last Glacial Maximum

Andrew D. Wickert

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-831-2016-supplement

Data sets

Reconstruction of North American Drainage Basins and River Discharge Since the Last Glacial Maximum A. D. Wickert https://doi.org/10.13020/D6D01H

Short summary

The ice sheets that once spread across northern North America dramatically changed the drainage basin areas and discharges of rivers across the continent. As these ice sheets retreated, starting around 19 500 years ago, they sent meltwater to the oceans, influencing climate and building a geologic record of deglaciation. This record can be used to evaluate ice-sheet reconstructions and build an improved history and understanding of past ice-sheet collapse across North America.