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    The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is the main ocean current system in the Atlantic Ocean.: 2238  It is a component of Earth's ocean...
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    other theories have also emerged. An extraterrestrial impact into the Laurentide ice sheet (where it would have left no impact crater) was proposed as...
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    preceding period of relative retreat from 52,000 to 40,000 years ago, the Laurentide Ice Sheet grew rapidly at the onset of the LGM until it covered essentially...
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  • Epoch, the Laurentide Ice Sheet spread over large areas of northern North America, with over 5,000,000 square miles of coverage. The Laurentide ice sheet...
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    meltwater pulse, which probably resulted from the final collapse of the Laurentide Ice Sheet of northeastern North America, most likely when the glacial...
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    parallels the northwestern border. Large continental ice sheets (see Laurentide Ice Sheet) most likely created the large moraines, as it takes time for...
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    (1914) says of the river, This river flows across the mountains of the Laurentides and empties into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence about fifteen miles from...
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    climate, and informed research on tipping points such as in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). Ice cores provide valuable information...
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    the discharge of meltwater from the Laurentide Ice Sheet into the Atlantic, which weakens the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Some dry periods...
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  • Situated on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence, it flows across the Laurentides and empties into the Saint Lawrence about fifty miles below the Natashquan...
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    L.; H.R. Longworth; S.A. Cunningham (2005). "Slowing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 25° N". Nature. 438 (7068): 655–657. Bibcode:2005Natur...
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    represent the few shells that were exported inland. During the LGM the Laurentide Ice Sheet covered most of northern North America while Beringia connected...
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    connect. During the middle of the Last Interglacial, a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) began to cool the eastern Mediterranean...
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    a meltwater pulse probably from either the Antarctic ice sheet or the Laurentide Ice Sheet. These rapid meltwater release events have been hypothesized...
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  • The Eemian interglacial period spanned 130,000–114,000 years ago. The Laurentide Ice Sheet covered much of Canada and the northern United States from 95...
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    present warming. More recent research indicates that the overall Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may already be weaker now than it was during the...
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  • plateau. This depression probably provided an outlet for the melting Laurentide Ice Sheet, letting the water flow into the Pasteur River valley. The river...
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    sediments deposited when the Goldthwait Sea invaded after the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. When that sea in turn retreated it left a covering of coarse...
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  • feet (6.1 m) high. These are at right angles to the direction of the Laurentide Ice Sheet movement, and may be recessional moraines. Lake Nipisso and...
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    Saint-Lawrence lowlands. This region is the one that presents the most meridional climate of the Province. It is characterized by the presence of mixed...
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