Fast-growing till over ancient ice in Beacon Valley, Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-124

  Ng, Felix ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^b   Sletten, Ronald S ^b   Stone, John O ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cosmogenic elements; Dry Valleys; Glacial deposits; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

BEACON VALLEY, ANTARCTICA; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE ANALYSIS; SUBLIMATION RATES; VOLCANIC ASH;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIERS; HELIUM; ICE; SUBLIMATION; VOLCANOES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; TILL;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; BEACON VALLEY; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; WORLD;

EID: 13944257737     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21064.1     Document Type: Article

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