Cosmogenic nuclides 10Be and 26Al imply limited Antarctic Ice Sheet thickening and low erosion in the Shackleton Range for >1 m.y

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-268

  Fogwill, C J ^a   Bentley, M J ^b   Sugden, D E ^a   Kerr, A R ^a   Kubik, P W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotopes; Erosion rates; Geomorphology; Ice sheet change; Shackleton Range

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK SURFACES; ISOTOPE DATA;

ICE; ISOTOPES; ROCKS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SHACKLETON RANGE;

EID: 1842532254     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19795.1     Document Type: Article

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