Cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al ages of Holocene moraines in southern Norway I: Testing the method and confirmation of the date of the Erdalen Event (c. 10 ka) at its type-site

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1155-1164

  Matthews, John A ^a   Shakesby, Richard A ^a   Schnabel, Christoph ^b   Freeman, Stewart ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

10Be isotope; 26Al; Cosmogenic nuclide dating; Early Holocene; Erdalen Event; Exposure age; Glacier variations; Millennial scale climatic variability; Moraine chronology; Neoglacial events; Norway.; Preboreal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLACIAL EROSION; HOLOCENE; MORAINE; TESTING METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 57649232310     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608096585     Document Type: Article

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