The oldest ice on Earth in Beacon Valley, Antarctica: New evidence from surface exposure dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-99

  Schäfer, Jörg M ^a   Baur, Heinrich ^a   Denton, George H ^b   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^c   Marchant, Dave R ^d   Schlüchter, Christian ^c   Wieler, Rainer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cosmogenic elements; Ice; Noble gases; Relict materials; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0343081042     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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