Assessing AMS 14C ages of detrital organics from Holocene and late-Pleistocene moraines, east-central Sierra Nevada, California, USA

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 463-467

  Pohl, Molly M ^a   Hajdas, Irena ^b   Bonani, Georges ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AMS dating; California; Detrital organics; Glacier variations; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; Moraines; Radiocarbon dating; Sierra Nevada; Till

Indexed keywords

AMS; CARBON-14 DATING; DETRITAL CARBON; HOLOCENE; MORAINE; ORGANIC MATTER; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TILL;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0030303157     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600409     Document Type: Article

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