Cosmogenic exposure dating of late Pleistocene moraine stabilization in Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1108-1120

  Briner, Jason P ^a,b   Kaufman, Darrell S ^c   Manley, William F ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^d   Caffee, Marc W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cosmogenic exposure dating; Last glacial maximum; Moraine; Penultimate glaciation

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; COSMOGENIC EXPOSURE; MORAINE BOULDERS; PLEISTOCENE MORAINE STABILIZATION;

AGING OF MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLACIERS; MOISTURE;

ROCKS;

BOULDER; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MORAINE; PLEISTOCENE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21944453667     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25649.1     Document Type: Article

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