40Ar/39Ar and K-Ar chronology of Pleistocene glaciations in Patagonia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 434-450

  Singer, Brad S ^a   Ackert Jr , Robert P ^b   Guillou, Hervé ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Geochronology; Glacial geology; Ice ages; Paleoclimatology; South America

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC SURFACES; PIEDMONT GLACIERS;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GLACIERS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842585541     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25177.1     Document Type: Article

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