Late Quaternary glacial and deglacial history of eastern Vestfirdir, Iceland using cosmogenic isotope (36Cl) exposure ages and marine cores

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 271-285

  Principato, Sarah M ^a   Geirsdóttir, Áslaug ^b   Jóhannsdóttir, Gudrún Eva ^b   Andrews, John T ^c  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

36Cl; Glacial history; Iceland; Saksunarvatn Ash; Vestfirdir

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE ISOTOPE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL HISTORY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33645321652     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.978     Document Type: Article

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