Blind testing of rock varnish microstratigraphy as a chronometric indicator: Results on late Quaternary lava flows in the Mojave Desert, California

Geomorphology

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 209-234

  Liu, Tanzhuo ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine 36; Exposure age; Geochronology; Helium 3; Lava flows; Mojave desert; Quaternary; Rock varnish

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DESERT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAVA FLOW; ROCK VARNISH; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041989855     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00331-8     Document Type: Article

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