Pleistocene deglaciation chronology of the Amery Oasis and Radok Lake, northern Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 229-243

  Fink, David ^a   McKelvey, Barrie ^b   Hambrey, Michael J ^c   Fabel, Derek ^d   Brown, Roderick ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotopes; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Northern Prince Charles Mountains; Pleistocene glacial chronology

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES; DEGLACIATION CHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL CYCLE; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; LAKES; LANDFORMS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33344464744     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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