Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide surface exposure dating of the oldest glacial successions in the Himalayan orogen: Ladakh Range, northern India

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 383-392

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Caffee, Marc W ^b   Bovard, Kelly R ^c   Finkel, Robert C ^d   Sharma, Milap C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Glacial geology; Ladakh; Surface exposure dating; Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide; Transhimalaya

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN SEDIMENTS; INDIA; MORAINE BOULDERS; SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING; TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GLACIAL HISTORY; HIMALAYAN OROGENY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LADAKH HIMALAYAS;

EID: 33645314057     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25750.1     Document Type: Article

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