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THE Laurentide Ice Sheet, by far the largest of the Northern Hemisphere continental glaciers, has formed and disappeared several times during the Quaternary1. I suggest here that, at the times of its formation and early growth, the mass balance of the ice sheet depends strongly on the physical behaviour of Hudson Bay, which is in turn largely controlled by the growing ice. Rapid changes in the size, salinity, and ice and snow cover of Hudson Bay must all have important effects on the mass balance of the growing Laurentide Ice Sheet.
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ADAM, D. Hudson Bay, Lake Zissaga and the growth of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Nature 261, 679–680 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/261679a0
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