First cosmogenic 10Be age constraint on the timing of Younger Dryas glaciation and ice cap thickness, western Scottish Highlands

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 785-791

  Golledge, Nicholas R ^a,b   Fabel, Derek ^c   Everest, Jeremy D ^a   Freeman, Stewart ^d   Binnie, Steven ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology; Cosmogenic; Palaeoglaciological reconstruction; Scotland; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; ICE CAP; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RANNOCH MOOR; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249013371     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1113     Document Type: Article

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