Cosmogenic 36Cl dating of the Foothills erratics train, Alberta, Canada

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-198

  Jackson Jr , Lionel E ^a   Phillips, Fred M ^b   Shimamura, Kazuharu ^a   Little, Edward C ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALBERTA; ALBERTA , CANADA; CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET; COSMOGENIC; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; PLEISTOCENE;

ICE;

CHLORINE ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MOUNTAIN REGION; WISCONSINAN; ERRATICS TRAIN; EXPOSURE DATING; GLACIAL DEPOSIT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; FOOTHILLS;

EID: 0030723653     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0195:CCDOTF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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