Early Reactivation of European Rivers During the Last Deglaciation

• DOI: 10.1126/science.1130511
• Publication Date: 2007-03-14T19:41:08Z
• Authors: Guillemette Ménot; Edouard Bard; Frauke Rostek; Johan W. H. Weijers; Ellen C. Hopmans; Stefan Schouten; Jaap S. Sinninghe...
• Keywords: Deglaciation

During the Last Glacial Maximum, sea-level lowstand combined with large extent of Fennoscandian and British ice sheets led to funneling European continental runoff, resulting in largest river system that ever drained continent. Here, we show an abrupt early reactivation hydrological cycle at onset last deglaciation, leading intense discharge Channel River into Bay Biscay. This freshwater influx, probably inputs from proglacial or ice-dammed lakes, dramatically affected hydrology region, both on land ocean.