Age and significance of mountain-top detritus

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-345

  Ballantyne, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blockfields; Clay minerals; Cosmogenic isotope dating; Mountain top detritus; Periglacial trimlines; Weathering; Weathering zones

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DETRITUS; LITHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUNATAK; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032421874     PISSN: 10456740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1530(199810/12)9:4<327::aid-ppp298>3.0.co;2-9     Document Type: Article

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