"Sarsen stones" at German Hill, Central Otago, New Zealand, and their potential for in situ cosmogenic isotope dating of landscape evolution

Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-354

  Youngson, John ^a   Bennett, Eleanor ^a,b   Jackson, James ^a,b   Norris, Richard ^a   Raisbeck, Grant ^a,c   Yiou, Françoise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c 91405 Orsay Campus   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 19844383698     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428809     Document Type: Article

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