The formation of Lake Agassiz is believed to have been triggered by the retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which covered much of North America during the last glacial period. As the ice sheet ...

Scientists called these episodes Heinrich Events when they came from the Laurentide Ice Sheet. "Today it does ... to the regions where this deepwater formation occurs. Scientists on the ...

Calen Rubin: Reconstructing North American ice sheet history from glacial dipsticks, marine sediments, and cave deposits (Ph.D.) Lauren Gustafson: Mapping the Laurentide Ice Sheet meltwater plume in ...