Simulation of snow shielding corrections for cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure studies

Geomorphology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 67-85

  Schildgen, T F ^a   Phillips, W M ^b   Purves, R S ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exposure age; Modeling; Scotland; Shielding; Snow

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; SIMULATION; SNOW COVER;

CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10644283093     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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