Mid-Pleistocene cosmogenic minimum-age limits for pre-Wisconsinan glacial surfaces in southwestern Minnesota and southern Baffin Island: A multiple nuclide approach

Geomorphology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-39

  Bierman, Paul R ^a   Marsella, Kimberly A ^a   Patterson, Carrie ^b   Davis, P Thompson ^c   Caffee, Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

^c BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic; Dating; Glaciation; Isotope; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GLACIAL HISTORY; PLEISTOCENE;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033368296     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00088-9     Document Type: Article

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